The January session of Investment Management (opened to all MBA and PGC in Advanced Management for Bankers students) has still few available places. If you are interested please do register asap via the administration link inside onlinecampus.
This new and unique elective include topics as:
-Basic concepts: risk/reward, volatility, yield curves, exchange rates, spreads, carry, -Libor and other key interest rates, liquidity
-Investment instruments: equities, fixed-income, money markets, derivatives, options, real property. Primary versus secondary markets
-The various actors: banks, brokers, fund managers, hedge funds, private equity/venture capital
-The authorities: central banks, Ministries of Finance/National Treasuries, regulatory authorities, sovereign investment funds
-Macro-economic concepts: balance of payments, inflation, global rebalancing, exchange rates, reserve currencies
-Building a portfolio: the mix of securities of currencies to reflect risk/reward, time horizon, degree of liquidity
Students successfully completing the module will be able to make basic investment decisions for their own account or for their business. They will also master the technical concepts and terminology to be able to draw maximum benefit from their specialist advisers.
The course is directed by Dr. Roy Damary a graduate from Oxford and Harvard University. Professor David Costa will be lecturing on the investment funds unit and the latest investment trends.
Please note that this course has been designed to be practical and relevant and not just full of theoretical concepts.
Last but not least there is nothing as charming as Zurich in winter (no is not as cold as you might think). Don't miss this opportunity to fulfil your mandatory residential requirements next January!
Questions? Join the discussion at http://campus.college.ch/forum/posts/19802 We will be glad to assist you.
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