FAE
FAE Advisory Study Notes
Notes for the FAE Advisory elective covering strategy, M&A, finance and performance
FAE
FAE Core Study Notes
The FAE Core is the compulsory component of the Final Admitting Examination, taken by all CAI FAE candidates.
What's Included
These notes cover all three FAE Core components: Strategic Management & Leadership (SMAL), Risk Management & Sustainability (RMAS), and Data Analytics, AI & Emerging Technologies (DAAIET). Written for the FAE exam — structured around what the examiners test and the reasoning they expect.
- Covers all three Core components: SMAL, RMAS, and DAAIET
- Written for FAE exam technique — focused on the topics that carry marks and the approach examiners reward
- Structured for efficient revision, not cover-to-cover reading
- Full CAI FAE Core syllabus coverage
- Professionally printed study notes, shipped with tracked delivery
What's Covered
The notes cover the full FAE Core syllabus, organised by topic area.
Strategic Management & Leadership (SMAL)
- Leadership
- Organisational Culture
- Corporate Governance
- Business Ethics
- Stakeholder Governance
- CSR
- The Macro Environment
- Scenario Planning
- Strategic Capability
- Value Chain Analysis
- Organisational Structure
- Control Styles
- Financial Decisions
- Managing Risk
- Business-Level Strategy
- Strategy Options
- Forces of Change
Risk Management & Sustainability (RMAS)
- Corporate Governance
- Stakeholder Mapping
- Agency Theory
- Risk Management
- Internal Controls
- Internal Auditing
- Sustainability in Business
- Scenario Planning
- CSR
- EESG
- The UN SDGs
Data Analytics, AI & Emerging Technologies (DAAIET)
- Big Data
- Data Analytics
- Cybersecurity
- RPAs
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- AI and the Accountant
- Cloud Technology
- Blockchain
- Digital Assets
- Cryptocurrencies
- Information Management Systems
- The IMS Capabilities
- Aligning the IMS to Business Strategy
- Executing the IMS Strategy
See the Notes
We provide a substantial free sample — approximately 10% of the full notes, typically 30–45 pages — so you can review the structure, tone, and depth before purchasing.
View all samples →What Students Say
I honestly found FAE Core so hard to get my head around at the start because it covers such a mix of topics. These notes made it all feel a lot more manageable. They helped me tie together strategy, leadership, risk, sustainability and the data side of things in a way that actually stuck.
What I liked most was that the notes did not feel overly academic or dragged out. FAE Core can get overwhelming quickly, especially when you are trying to cover things like governance, risk, AI and business strategy all at once. These notes made it much easier to manage.
I used these notes when I was struggling to bring my answers up to FAE standard. They helped me think more commercially and link different parts of the syllabus together instead of treating everything as separate topics. The real world examples were really great too.
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