Master 2022/2023

Portfolio Management

Type: Elective course (Strategic Corporate Finance)

Area of studies: Finance and Credit

Delivered by: School of Finance

Where: Faculty of Economic Sciences

When: 2 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Victoria Rodina

Master’s programme: Strategic Corporate Finance

Language: English

ECTS credits: 5

Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course encompasses the study and practice of asset management. The course provides students with a learning experience primarily from a practical perspective ensuring that graduates are ready and able to fulfil their potential as future successful asset managers. For this purpose, the course is comprehensive of leading-edge applied academic research and commercial best practice at a global level. The course focuses primarily on investment-centric topics leaving aside client-centric topics. It gives an insight into asset management as it is currently understood and practiced to make sound and balanced investment decision-making. In addition to a path of an asset manager the course is useful for pursuing a career of a wealth manager, plan sponsor , investment officer, in-house or independent financial advisor, and financial analyst. The course gives students the opportunity to study topics for the level I and level II CFA exam.