25721 Investment Management

6cp
Requisite(s): 25742c Financial Management OR 25799 Financial Management
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Postgraduate

Description

This subject is designed to provide an understanding of the investment process and to develop a set of tools for making investment and portfolio decisions. It provides an overview of the paradigms of modern portfolio theory, and a foundation for analysing the risks and returns of investment portfolios. Specific topics include the measurement of risk and return, the construction of efficient portfolios, the pricing of risk, equity valuation, market efficiency and investor behaviour.

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