Erik Benrud has been named Curriculum Director of the suite of self-study products for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst examinations, produced by Institutional Investor, Inc. Dr. Benrud is Associate Clinical Professor of Finance at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University in Philadelphia. "We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Erik Benrud, as he is very familiar with the study materials, having earned the designation recently. He also has extensive experience in writing exam preparatory materials and his own research interests are in alternative investments," said Allison Adams, publisher of Institutional Investor Journals and IIExamPrep.