Past Issues
IWM CE Quiz, September/October 2024
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about the need for non-U.S. investment exposure in a well-diversified equity allocation and emerging market equities in a globally diversified portfolio; and advise clients about the return potential and diversification benefits of the following: gold, carbon allowances, and commercial real estate debt
IWM CE Quiz, July/August 2024
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will gain a framework for having life-based discussions with clients; consider clients’ investment decision-making process and the value-adds of wealth management strategies; counsel clients on how to evaluate risk and make decisions under uncertain investment outcomes; help clients connect their financial goals to their values; and understand the third generation of behavioral finance and help clients increase their own life well-being.
IWM CE Quiz, May/June 2024
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to advise high-net-worth clients about meeting philanthropic goals; educate clients about managing concentration risk; discuss family governance principles, policies, and procedures; explain how to maintain a disciplined allocation to private equity; and understand the value of both active and passive approaches to investing.
IWM CE Quiz, March/April 2024
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to advise clients about the benefits and opportunities in strategies for direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and tax-efficient asset management; and educate clients about the next generation of private market funds for individual investors, through registered tender-offer funds and non-registered evergreen private equity funds.
IWM CE Quiz, January/February 2024
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about long-term asset class market projections; explain why clients should reconsider cash and its equivalents in “conservative” portfolios; understand the active-passive debate from a behavioral perspective; discuss the evolution of ETFs and why investing in them may be appealing; and advise clients about the potential benefits of investing in alternative asset classes such as private real estate and private credit.
IWM CE Quiz, November/December 2023
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to provide practical solutions for clients who are unnecessarily constraining spending in retirement; educate clients about a safe spending rate in retirement; discuss why retirement-income portfolios fail and how advisors can make adjustments; understand Social Security claiming options for high-income, high-asset retirees; and advise clients how to focus on the long term and consider the ways asset classes function across time.
IWM CE Quiz, September/October 2023
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about the advantages and disadvantages between using a family trustee and an advisor-focused trust company; discuss specialized insurance coverage for valuable assets, property, and lifestyle; understand strategies for improving the tax consequences of selling a business; explain philanthropy as a means to build high-net-worth family legacies; and advise clients about the implications and planning opportunities of the SECURE Act 2.0.
IWM CE Quiz, July/August 2023
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about how institutions and financial advisors are using alternative investments in asset allocation; discuss how to adjust portfolios based on economic or market conditions; understand the complexity as well as the return and risk potential of alternative investments; explain the complexity, structures, and features of alternative investment products; consider opportunities and accessibility of investing in artwork.
IWM CE Quiz, May/June 2023
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about incorporating risk aversion in portfolio optimization; explain the limitations of certain retirement planning tools and the differences between accumulation and decumulation; discuss the wide-ranging effects of Regulation Best Interest on advisors, firms, and investors; and consider how to develop a successful financial plan that matches a client’s risk profile and provides growth to meet a client’s long-term financial goals.
IWM CE Quiz, March/April 2023
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about constructing a portfolio of alternative investments; explain the fundamentals of illiquid alternative strategies; discuss mean-variance optimization and portfolio construction for individual investors; explain the role that Bitcoin may play in diversified portfolios for institutional investors; and better understand nonconscious bias when selecting asset managers.
IWM CE Quiz, January/February 2023
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to educate clients about whether to continue investing in China and consider geopolitical paradigms, trends, and risks; explain the pros and cons of liquid alternative strategies; discuss investment opportunities in private real estate; and understand the benefits, risks, and opportunities of central bank digital currency models.
IWM CE Quiz, November/December 2022
After reading the magazine articles and taking the quiz, the certificant will be better able to advise clients about protected lifetime income benefit strategies; educate clients about the use of annuities in target-date funds; explain direct index separately managed accounts for clients with taxable accounts; discuss long-term care planning with clients; and consider sustainable investing and the use of family values statements with clients.