Investment Management

Module code: EC3077

Module co-ordinator: Jim O'Hare

Description

Investment Management is clearly all about the management of investments. The type of investments that an investor should hold will depend on many factors and will vary significantly between different investors depending on risk and return profiles.

Investments fall into two main categories, fixed income securities or “bonds” and equities. Bonds may pay a fixed income to the holder but they are not without risk. Equities are shares in companies and they tend to be riskier than bonds but have the potential for very high returns. Investment managers aim to build portfolios of investments for their clients that will maximise the return for a given risk profile.

Topics Covered

  • Functioning and structure of equity markets.
  • Theory and the empirical evidence of equilibrium asset pricing models.
  • Diversification and passive investment strategies.
  • Investment strategies and evaluating their performances.
  • Bond markets and the different financial instruments.
  • Analytics of bond pricing as well as the measurement of risk (duration and convexity).

Learning

  • 20 one hour lectures
  • 5 one hour tutorials

Assessment

The module is worth 15 credits towards your third year assessment. This module will be assessed by a 90 minute examination at the end of the semester and will account for 80% of the mark for this module. The other 20% will come from two pieces of coursework set during the semester.

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