| Introduction to Portfolio Management: Market Indices, Uses of Indices, Mutual Funds, Growth Funds, Index Funds, Hedge Funds, Equity- Traded Funds, Closed-ended Funds versus Open-ended Funds; Different tools for risk and return measurements; Optimal Portfolio Theory: Risk and Return, Correlation structure and diversification; Portfolio management and Efficient Market Hypothesis: Technical and Fundamental Analysis and its implications on investment; Active and Passive Portfolio Management; Asset Allocation framework; Types of performance measurement tools; Applied Portfolio Models using Excel; Overview of Fixed income securities; Bond pricing and return measures; Risks associated with investing in Fixed Income Securities; Price volatility characteristics of fixed income securities; Convexity; Bond Immunisation Strategies |
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu |
