Portfolio Management

Module code: AFE7019-A

Module Aims       

Portfolio Management provides you with:
(i) insight into the institutional structure of international financial markets
(ii) knowledge of the financial properties of the main assets that are available for trading
(iii) a practical perspective on the optimal ways of combining these assets into portfolios
(iv) a critical understanding of 'market efficiency' and the relative benefits of active and passive fund management

Outline Syllabus   

Introduction to institutional investment management; an introduction to equity markets; an introduction to bond markets; asset allocation decisions; efficient frontiers and portfolio optimisation using Excel's Solver; market efficiency and market anomalies; equity portfolio management: value, size and momentum-based equity strategies; money management industry; investment intermediaries; pension funds, mutual funds and hedge funds; evaluation of portfolio performance

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