Objectives

Rational

To enable the participants to gain a reasonable theoretical knowledge in capital and money market instruments, various forms of investments and managing portfolios with such instruments, and direct them to use this knowledge in their day to day job situations.

Course Contents

Module I              Overview of the capital and money market and the instruments pertaining to such

markets.

Module II              Basic concepts in investments, and selecting suitable instruments for investments.

Module III             Understanding risk and return

Module IV             Basic ideas and markovitz overview of the discipline of Portfolio Management

Module V              Theory and practice of managing equity portfolios.

Module VI             The importance of efficient management of fixed income portfolios.

Module VII            Asset securitization and mortgage backed securities.

Module VIII           Importance of derivatives in portfolio management