Postgraduate Course: Investment Management (CMSE11124)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course aims to help students develop a broad knowledge and understanding of portfolio management and investment analysis. Students build on the knowledge gained from the Financial Markets and Investment Mathematics core courses in semester one (or Foundations of Finance in the case of A&F students). Students will learn the importance of understanding client objectives in the portfolio management process and understand practical issues that arise in managing client portfolios. We will review a number of investment strategies that have been suggested as having the potential to create superior returns. There will be at least one guest lecture from a portfolio manager. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Finance PGs only
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Investment Management | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
By the end of the course, students should have an understanding of:
* Client objectives and the investment policy statement
* Utility functions
* Applying portfolio theory in practice
* Portfolio risk management and performance measurement
* CFA Institute Global Investment Performance Standards
* Asset Allocation and international investment
* Trading and portfolio execution
* Value strategies
* Momentum strategies
* Strategies based on investor sentiment
Intellectual Skills and personal development:
The course will develop analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills.
Subject Specific Skills:
Students will gain an ability to understand, speak and write the language of investment analysis and portfolio management.
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Assessment Information
| There is one group assignment which counts for 20% of the total mark and a final two hour exam which counts for 80% of the total mark. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jens Hagendorff
Tel: (0131 6)50 2796
Email: Jens.Hagendorff@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Natalie Honeyman
Tel: (0131 6)51 1458
Email: Natalie.Honeyman@ed.ac.uk |
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