Portfolio Management, 6 credits

Portföljförvaltning, 6 hp

TPPE33

Main field of study

Industrial Engineering and Management

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Jörgen Blomvall

Director of studies or equivalent

Fredrik Persson

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 30 h
Recommended self-study hours: 130 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Financial Mathematics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Financial Mathematics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Financial Mathematics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Financial Mathematics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Financial Mathematics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYY Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CYYY Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (Financial Mathematics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Finance) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Finance) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Finance) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Finance) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Finance) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIII Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIII Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Finance) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla E

Main field of study

Industrial Engineering and Management

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering
  • Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
  • Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Basic course in optimization, mathematical statistics and basic course about financial instruments

Intended learning outcomes

After the course the student is expected to:

  • Be able to explain management strategies for financial portfolios
  • Be able to develop and use single- and multi-factor models to predict future expected portfolio performance
  • Be able to use modern portfolio theory to determine optimal management
  • Be able to evaluate portfolio management with modern portfolio theory

    Course content

    • Portfolio management: Asset classes; Active/passive management; Hedge funds
    • Basic return and risk calculations
    • Markowitz portfolio selection theory
    • Capital Asset Pricing Model: Basic and modified versions
    • Multi-factor models: Arbitrage Pricing Theory and empirical models
    • Performance measurement with single- and multi-factor models.
    • Methods for choice of fund manager and decomposition of manager performance

      Teaching and working methods

      Lectures and computer exercises.

      Examination

      PRA1Written and oral presentation of project work6 creditsU, 3, 4, 5

      Grades

      Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5

      Other information

      Supplementary courses:
      Financial optimization

      Department

      Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

      Director of Studies or equivalent

      Fredrik Persson

      Examiner

      Jörgen Blomvall

      Education components

      Preliminary scheduled hours: 30 h
      Recommended self-study hours: 130 h

      Course literature

      Amenc och Le Sourd: Portfolio Theory and Performance Analysis
Code Name Scope Grading scale
PRA1 Written and oral presentation of project work 6 credits U, 3, 4, 5

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.

LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

Amenc och Le Sourd: Portfolio Theory and Performance Analysis

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)
X

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)
X

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)
X
X
X

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving
X
X

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery

                            
2.3 System thinking
X

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning
X

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork
X

                            
3.2 Communications
X

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context
X

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context
X

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management

                            
4.4 Designing

                            
4.5 Implementing

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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