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BUSI47115: PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (PT/EXECUTIVE)

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Type Tied
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2024/2025
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • Develop students' advanced knowledge and understanding of key issues in portfolio construction and management.
  • Provide students with the opportunity to become familiar with recent developments in the field of portfolio management.

Content

  • The Portfolio Management Process.
  • Selecting Investments in a Global Market.
  • Selecting an Equity Portfolio.
  • Equity Portfolio Management Strategies.
  • Bond Portfolio Management Strategies.
  • Portfolio Performance Evaluation.
  • Implications of the Efficient Market Hypothesis for Security Analysts.
  • Derivative Securities and Portfolio Risk Management: Derivatives and Hedging; Derivatives and Portfolio Protection; Risk and Regulation: VaR.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
  • an advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of some of the models used for constructing portfolios;
  • an advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of portfolio management;
  • become familiar with recent empirical research and its applications in certain topics of portfolio management.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
  • practised problem solving and analytical skills as applied to areas of portfolio management.

Key Skills:

  • Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading. The written assignment will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Workshops (a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion)28Yes
Preparation and Reading122 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: Written AssignmentComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Assignment4,000 words maximum100 

Formative Assessment

None.

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