CSC Exam 2 Alternative Investments, Other Managed, and Structured Products Guide

CSI CSC Exam 2 guide to alternative investments, other managed, and structured products, with section lessons, exam focus, decision rules, and review priorities.

This CSC Exam 2 topic covers alternative investments, other managed, and structured products, a 16% share of the official CSI Exam 2 weighting. Use this chapter group to connect the curriculum to portfolio decisions, client constraints, product comparison, and recommendation workflow.

Read the section lessons in order, then review each one by asking which client fact or product feature would make the concept decisive in a multiple-choice scenario.

Section Lessons

What to Master

  • alternative risk and liquidity
  • managed-product due diligence
  • structured-product payoff and issuer risk

How This Topic Is Tested

Expect questions to combine analysis, product facts, and client constraints. The strongest answer usually identifies the tested lens first, eliminates choices that fail suitability or process, and then selects the product, account, tax, or portfolio action that best fits the scenario.

In this section

Revised on Friday, May 29, 2026