Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
16 Weeks
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
How you’ll learn
A new module is released every two weeks
Read the units online, save them to your computer or print them out
Study at your own pace
Efficient and cost effective - no need to travel or take time off work
Apply new skills and expertise to your work straight away
About this course
What you'll learn
An online guide to the world of modern investment management.
The course tackles the major issues currently impacting the investment management sector
Get a practitioner-focused perspective on issues such as: Asset allocation strategies; Valuation methodologies; Performance management; Portfolio management approaches; Equity & fixed income investing; The role of derivative instruments; Risk management issues; The world of alternative investments.
Postgraduate certificate option
You have the option to receive a postgraduate certificate validated by Middlesex University Business School.
You will need to submit an additional marked assignment of 5000 words, based on a continuing case study that runs throughout the duration of the course.
Reviews
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Good commencement to a very broad course, there was quite a few applicative examples of situations for us to map quest in order to understand better.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Edikan Osho
Subjects
- IT Management
- Management
- Mechanics
- Risk
- Equity
- Risk Management
- Real Estate
- Derivatives
- Fixed Income
- Stock Markets
- Asset Management
- Investment
- Investment Management
Course programme
- Unit 1 – Current themes in institutional investment management
- Unit 2 – Stock markets and equity investing
- Unit 3 – Fixed income portfolios and the art of lending
- Unit 4 – Introducing derivatives
- Unit 5 – Modern asset allocation strategies
- Unit 6 – Risk management of the institutional portfolio
- Unit 7 – Exploration of alternative assets: Progressive adoption of hedge funds, private equity and real estate
- Unit 8 – Further exploration in institutional asset management: Current topics of liquidity, asset allocation, risk, alternative investments and fiduciary responsibility
The Mechanics of Investment Management