Master 2024/2025

Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning

Type: Compulsory course (Master of Finance)

Area of studies: Finance and Credit

Delivered by: HSE Banking Institute

Where: HSE Banking Institute

When: 2 year, 2 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Online hours: 20

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Авалян Хачатур Леваевич

Master’s programme: Finance

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is targeted on a developing of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of securities’ analysis and portfolio management. The Course starts with description of the portfolio approach to investments along with portfolio management related concepts. Subsequently, common measures of portfolio risk and return are introduced followed by the standard Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). In the end, important concepts related to the active portfolio management will be introduced as well as the aspects related to the behavioral finance. The course is based predominantly on the materials relevant for CFA Level 1 exam