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This course examines asset pricing and portfolio management within a modern practical context. The heart of modern portfolio theory is development of the relationship between expected return and risk. We analyse this central concept using an active learning approach to portfolio optimisation. This is where you build and estimate a portfolio optimisation model in Excel. Thereafter, we compare portfolio weights where different asset pricing models are used to estimate expected returns. During the course consideration is also given to performance measurements such as the Sharpe ratio and Jensen’s alpha. At the heart of our discussion is fulfillment of the objectives, given the constraints of the investor (client) who may be an individual or an institution (such as an endowment or pension fund). Following the ethics provided by the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute our aim is to embed contemporary developments in asset pricing within the context of the professional investment arena and the portfolio manager.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course examines asset pricing and portfolio management within a modern practical context. The heart of modern portfolio theory is development of the relationship between expected return and risk. We analyse this central concept using an active learning approach to portfolio optimisation. This is where you build and estimate a portfolio optimisation model in Excel. Thereafter, we compare portfolio weights where different asset pricing models are used to estimate expected returns. During the course consideration is also given to performance measurements such as the Sharpe ratio and Jensen’s alpha. At the heart of our discussion is fulfillment of the objectives, given the constraints of the investor (client) who may be an individual or an institution (such as an endowment or pension fund). Following the ethics provided by the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute our aim is to embed contemporary developments in asset pricing within the context of the professional investment arena and the portfolio manager.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 1200 | ||
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There are no assessments for this course.
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| Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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