...Introduction to Portfolio Management Investing in securities such as shares, debentures, and bonds is profitable as well as exciting. It is indeed rewarding, but involves a great deal of risk and calls for scientific knowledge as well artistic skill. In such investments both rationale and emotional responses are involved. Investing in financial securities is now considered to be one of the best avenues for investing one savings while it is acknowledged to be one of the best avenues for investing one saving while it is acknowledged to be one of the most risky avenues of investment. “It is rare to find investors investing their entire savings in a single security. Instead, they tend to invest in a group of securities. Such a group of securities is called portfolio”. Creation of a portfolio helps to reduce risk, without sacrificing returns. Portfolio management deals with the analysis of individual securities as well as with the theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. An investor who understands the fundamental principles and analytical aspects of portfolio management has a better chance of success. Portfolio Management An investor considering investment in securities is faced with the problem of choosing from among a large number of securities and how to allocate his funds over this group of securities. Again he is faced with problem of deciding which securities to hold and how much to invest in each. The risk and return characteristics...
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...The Impact of Project Portfolio Management on Information Technology Projects Sergio Ricardo Calderini London Business School Regent’s Park, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom e-mail: scalderini.mba2004@london.edu Bert De Reyck London Business School Regent’s Park, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom Tel. +44 20 7706 6884; Fax. +44 20 7724 7875; e-mail: bdereyck@london.edu Yael Grushka-Cockayne London Business School Regent’s Park, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom Tel. +44 20 7262 5050; Fax. +44 20 7724 7875; e-mail: ygrushka.phd2003@london.edu Martin Lockett Ashridge Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1NS, United Kingdom Tel. +44 1442 841025; e-mail: martin@mlockett.com Marcio Moura London Business School Regent’s Park, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom e-mail: mmoura.mba2004@london.edu Andrew Sloper CVC The Customer Value Company 48 St Mary's Road, Long Ditton, Surrey KT6 5EY, United Kingdom Tel. +44 7768 861920; e-mail: andrew.sloper@customervalue.co.uk February 2005 Ashridge Business School UK - http://www.ashridge.org.uk The Impact of Project Portfolio Management on Information Technology Projects Abstract The ever-increasing penetration of projects as a way to organise work in many organisations necessitates effective management of multiple projects. This has resulted in a greater interest in the processes of project portfolio management (PPM), with more and more software tools being developed to assist and automate the process....
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...Quantitative Methods for Investment Analysis, Analysis of Equity Investments: Valuation, and Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process. Ackerman, Carl, Richard McEnally, and David Ravenscraft. 1999. “The Performance of Hedge Funds: Risk, Return, and Incentives.” Journal of Finance. Vol. 54, No. 3: 833–874. ACLI Survey. 2003. The American Council of Life Insurers. Agarwal, Vikas and Narayan Naik. 2000. “Performance Evaluation of Hedge Funds with OptionBased and Buy-and-Hold Strategies.” Working Paper, London Business School. Ali, Paul Usman and Martin Gold. 2002. “An Appraisal of Socially Responsible Investments and Implications for Trustees and Other Investment Fiduciaries.” Working Paper, University of Melbourne. Almgren, Robert and Neil Chriss. 2000/2001. “Optimal Execution of Portfolio Transactions.” Journal of Risk. Vol. 3: 5–39. Altman, Edward I. 1968. “Financial Ratios, Discriminant Analysis and the Prediction of Corporate Bankruptcy.” Journal of Finance. Vol. 23: 589–699. Altman, Edward I. and Vellore M. Kishore. 1996. “Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about Recoveries on Defaulted Bonds.” Financial Analysts Journal. Vol. 52, No. 6: 57−63. Altman, Edward I., R. Haldeman, and P. Narayanan. 1977. “Zeta Analysis: A New Model to Identify Bankruptcy Risk of Corporations.” Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 1: 29−54. Ambachtsheer, Keith, Ronald Capelle, and Tom Scheibelhut. 1998. “Improving Pension Fund Performance.” Financial Analysts Journal. Vol. 54, No. 6: 15–21...
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...Correlation Analysis and Regression G. Time Series Analysis H. Simulation Analysis I. Technical Analysis III. Economics A. Market Forces of Supply and Demand B. The Firm and Industry Organization C. Measuring National Income and Growth D. Business Cycles E. The Monetary System F. Inflation G. International Trade and Capital Flows H. Currency Exchange Rates I. Monetary and Fiscal Policy J. Economic Growth and Development K. Effects of Government Regulation L. Impact of Economic Factors on Investment Markets IV. Financial Reporting and Analysis A. Financial Reporting System (with an emphasis on IFRS) B. Analysis of Principal Financial Statements C. Financial Reporting Quality D. Analysis of Inventories and Long-Lived Assets E. Analysis of Taxes F. Analysis of Debt G. Analysis of Off-Balance-Sheet Assets and Liabilities H. Analysis of Pensions, Stock Compensation, and Other Employee Benefits I. Analysis of Inter-Corporate Investments J. Analysis of Business Combinations K. Analysis of Global Operations L. Ratio and Financial Analysis V. Corporate Finance A. Corporate Governance B. Capital Investment Decisions C. Business and Financial Risk D. Capital Structure Decisions E. Working Capital Management F. Dividend Policy G. Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring VI. Equity Investments A. Types of Equity Securities and Their Characteristics B. Equity Markets: Characteristics, Institutions, and Benchmarks C. Fundamental Analysis (Sector...
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...semester hours): Term Two (spring) | | | IMB 531 Portfolio Analysis and Management I: Equity | (2) | | IMB 532 Portfolio Analysis and Management II: Fixed Income | (2) | | IMB 533 Portfolio Analysis and Management III: Derivatives and Financial Risk Management | (2) | | IMB 536 Global Macroeconomic Trends and Financial Institutions or CSB Elective | (1) | | IMB 534 International Real Estate Investment | (1) | | IMB 539 Financial Management | (2) | | IMB --- CSB Elective | (2) | | Or | | | | | | IMB 595 Special Topics in International Business (to be completed at an IBSA partner school) | | C. Thesis or Extensive Written Case Analysis (12 semester hours): Term 3 (summer) | | | IMB 599 Thesis | (6) | | IMB 594 Capstone Project / Practicum | (6) | IMBA Course Descriptions (UNCW) The course descriptions shown below are only for courses offered by UNCW and the Cameron School of Business. See each alliance school for their course offerings. IMB 531. Cases in International Finance (1-2) This course will focus on international financial management cases. Cases will build on topics of international monetary systems, international investment decisions, portfolio diversifications, multinational capital structure, and foreign exchange risk and management. IMB 532. Portfolio Analysis and Management I (2) This course is designed to focus on tool and techniques of modern portfolio theory in a global context. Students will convert theory...
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...Microfinance Performance Summary 7.1 Introduction This chapter proposes a model of performance analysis for microfinance programmes and institutions in order to evaluate actual or expected programmes. Performance evaluation approach should be considered from two distinct perspectives: 1) The first approach is related to the performance of a single project managed adopting a perspective like that of project financing, as could occur in the case of non-formal institutions, mainly an NGO 2) Other performance evaluation relates to an MFI that handles significant operative volumes, and reasons from the vantage point of a portfolio of projects 7.2 Performance Analysis 7.2.1 Performance Features Performance analysis is the process of evaluating the actual results produced by a project, or by an institution, in relation to the results that were expected. The foundation of performance evaluation is the availability of data relative to each area of management and to the individual operations of each area. The performance evaluation is a process based on complementary, yet diverse, information related to the operation of singular aspects of management. It permits us to satisfy three main objectives: • To formulate ex ante realistic expectations of the available resources • To monitor over time the management operational ability to achieve the objectives; • To evaluate ex post the results achieved An efficient system of evaluation must have the requisite characteristics for...
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...Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers Joseph D. Piotroski The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business 1101 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773) 834-4199 Fax: (773) 702-0458 E-mail: joseph.piotroski@gsb.uchicago.edu April 2000 I would like to thank Mark Bradshaw, Peter Joos, Steve Monahan and an anonymous referee for their helpful comments, suggestions and support. Analyst forecast data was generously provided by I/B/E/S. The financial support of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business is greatly appreciated. Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers Abstract: This paper examines whether a simple accounting-based fundamental analysis strategy, when applied to a broad portfolio of high book-to-market firms, can shift the distribution of returns earned by an investor. I show that the mean return earned by a high bookto-market investor can be increased by at least 7½ percent annually through the selection of financially strong high BM firms while the entire distribution of realized returns is shifted to the right. In addition, an investment strategy that buys expected winners and shorts expected losers generates a 23 percent annual return between 1976 and 1996 and the strategy appears to be robust across time and to controls for alternative investment strategies. Within the portfolio of high BM firms, the benefits to financial statement analysis...
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...FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Introduction The household has two sources of income namely the husband earning $100,000 per year as a middle level manager in a fortune 500 Company and the wife who is an attorney and also earns $100,000 per year. The couple has no children and as such they do not have expenses such as school fees, upbringing costs for the children. The couple is middle aged and as such their appetite to risk is relatively lower than their younger counterparts and relatively higher than their older counterparts. This report shall therefore create an investment plan for the couple which shall include the portfolio that the couple should invest in order to realize their investment goals and also to help them minimize the risk associated with such an investment. The report shall peg the performance of the portfolio created against a benchmark and shall then discuss the rationale behind the benchmark portfolio selected. The report shall discuss the portfolio performance over the last five years and determine the average weekly returns of the portfolio over the same period and compare it with the returns of the benchmark portfolio. The report shall then calculate the standard deviation of the portfolio and discuss the factors that led to the performance of the portfolio and the benchmark portfolio such as the economy, market specific factors, industry specific factors, as well as country specific...
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...Performance (Conclusion) ………………………………………………………6 Portfolio performance……………………………………………………………..6 Share performance………………………………………………………………7 Technical analysis……………………………………………………………7 Fundamental analysis………………………………………………………..8 Recommendation …………………………………………………………………..9 Reference …………………………………………………………………………10 Appendices ………………………………………………………………………10 Findings Introduction Australian market. (Portfolio 1) Portfolio 1 gathered 9 shares from different industries. After comparing the covariance of each share, 2 of them knocked out from the list. It comes to the end that the type of business engaged in this portfolio are transport (Asciano Limited), material (Amcor Limited), resources (Fortescue Metals Group Ltd) , financial (Commonwealth Bank of Australia) , energy (AGL Energy Limited) , insurance ( Insurance Australia Group limited), Agricultural Chemicals (Incitec Pivot Limited). Asciano Limited is company founded in 1996, it started with rail industry then the company has been through several amalgamate and restructure process. This company was listed on the ASX in 2007. Amcor Limited’s history dates back to 1860s but officially established in 1986. It is one of the world's top global packaging companies. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd was founded in 2003. The company has been doing well in iron ore production and sea-borne trading in the last decade. Commonwealth Bank of Australia provides ranges of financial...
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...com/finance.htm Fundamental Analysis Strategy and the Prediction of Stock Returns Jaouida Elleuch* Faculty of Economics and management sciences (FSEG), University of Sfax, Tunisia E-mail: Elleuchj@yahoo.fr Abstract This paper examines whether a simple fundamental analysis strategy based on historical accounting information can predict stock returns. The paper’s goal is to show that simple screens based on historical financial signals can shift the distribution of returns earned by an investor by separating eventual winners stocks from losers. Results show that historical accounting signals can be used to improve the entire distribution of future returns earned by an investor. In fact, despite the overall down activity of the market over the sample period chosen, results reveal that fundamental accounting signals can be used to discriminate from an overall sample generating future negative returns of -0,116 a winner portfolio that provide positive future return of 0,019 from a loser one generating a negative return of -0,229. The over-performance of the winner portfolio seems to be attributable to the ability of the fundamental signals to predict future earnings. In fact, results show that fundamental signals have a positive and significant correlation with future earnings performance and that the winner portfolio have a future earning’s realisation (0,100) that outperforms that of the loser portfolio (-0,012). Keywords: Fundamental Analysis, Market Efficiency, Stock returns...
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... & Beth A. Walker Balancing Risk and Return in a Customer Portfolio Marketing managers can increase shareholder value by structuring a customer portfolio to reduce the vulnerability and volatility of cash flows. This article demonstrates how financial portfolio theory provides an organizing framework for (1) diagnosing the variability in a customer portfolio, (2) assessing the complementarity/similarity of market segments, (3) exploring market segment weights in an optimized portfolio, and (4) isolating the reward on variability that individual customers or segments provide. Using a seven-year series of customer data from a large business-to-business firm, the authors demonstrate how market segments can be characterized in terms of risk and return. Next, they identify the firm’s efficient portfolio and test it against (1) its current portfolio and (2) a hypothetical profit maximization portfolio. Then, using forward- and back-testing, the authors show that the efficient portfolio has consistently lower variability than the existing customer mix and the profit maximization portfolio. The authors provide guidelines for incorporating a risk overlay into established customer management frameworks. The approach is especially well suited for business-to-business firms that serve market segments drawn from diverse sectors of the economy. Keywords: customer portfolio management, market-based assets, financial portfolio theory, return on marketing, market segmentation The advantage...
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...Vertex R&D portfolio Decision Joshua Boger, CEO of Vertex has to decide on two out of four R&D portfolios that are to be fully funded by Vertex and to decide on the fate of the other two portfolios i.e. whether to partner or hold them as backups. In order to decide on the R&D portfolio, an objective quantitative analysis might not be suitable considering the high levels of uncertainities and consequently the risks involved in pharmaceutical research projects. It is important to have a qualitative analysis of the situation as a whole that includes Vertex’s own financial position, strategic implications, a quantitative analysis of its Portfolios with realistic estimations and a risk analysis of the portfolios. 1. Vertex finacial analysis As per Vertex’s income statement(exhibit- 2B), it is clear that Vertex R&D expenditures in most of the preceeding years until 2002 has exceeded its revenue to the tune of 120% of its revenue in 2002 . The net income has been negative for all these years and the company is yet to prove itself in the stock market and gain investor’s confidence (exhibit-5). As per exhibit-2a, though Vertex’s cash position is strong, most of it (~50%) is through convertible debt and unless Vertex creates a breakthrough in the market through block buster drugs or substantial revenue it is unlikely that Vertex can attract funds or generate interestes in the market for additional funding for its projects. Also in oder to scale its operations e.g. sales and marketing...
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...| | | |Equivalent Modules Master List |Equivalent courses offered at Aalto University, School Of Economics. | | | | | |Courses offered are subject to changes. | | |Updated information on the courses will be sent to successful candidates by Aalto | | |University, School Of Economics. | | | | | |*The same course can be transferred only as 1 course. | |First Level Modules | | |ACC1006 Accounting Information Systems |International...
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...Definition: In an active portfolio strategy, a manager uses financial and economic indicators along with various other tools to forecast the market and achieve higher gains than a buy-and-hold (passive) portfolio. Tracking error is a measure of how closely a portfolio follows the index to which it is benchmarked. The most common measure is the root-mean-square of the difference between the portfolio and index returns. Many portfolios are managed to a benchmark, normally an index. Some portfolios are expected to replicate, before trading and other costs, the returns of an index exactly (an index fund), while others are expected to 'actively manage' the portfolio by deviating slightly from the index in order to generate active returns or to lower transaction costs. Tracking error (also called active risk) is a measure of the deviation from the benchmark; the aforementioned index fund would have a tracking error close to zero, while an actively managed portfolio would normally have a higher tracking error. Dividing portfolio active return by portfolio tracking error gives the information ratio, which is a risk adjusted performance metric. If tracking error is measured historically, it is called 'realised' or 'ex post' tracking error. If a model is used to predict tracking error, it is called 'ex ante' tracking error. The former is more useful for reporting performance, whereas ex ante is generally used by portfolio managers to control risk. The individual investors who wish...
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...Portfolio Strategy Assignment Demetrie M. Howard University of Phoenix Introduction The organization I have chosen to plan a portfolio strategy for is O’Connor and Associates. This organization is my current employer and it will be a challenge to create one for them. The organization is a property tax firm, it assist clients with reducing the appraised value of their property, which in turn reduces the amount of property taxes due. The organization is diversifying; it is going into third party collections, judgment recovery, and mortgage loans. This firm has made substantial errors in the past therefore to understand the cause and effect of those errors we will attempt to model their market and business behaviour. This model is an effort to estimate the expected results of alternative strategies and processes. Consumer expectations and other variables as well as technology, the internet, telecommunications and globalization have accelerated the pace of change, and shortened product lifecycles has contributed to this strategic plan. Technology has augmented the capability to amass information and respond to change immediately and analytically. It is also important for corporations to achieve and maintain their competitive advantages. Cash Infusion The cash infusion allocated to enhance the company and to manage is $40 million dollars. Following is the description of portfolio strategy and a portfolio of assets in relation to the investment of $40 million...
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