Accounting and Finance

Theory of Investments

Module code: N1553
Level 5
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework, Computer based exam

You explore the common types of investment and gain a thorough grounding in the analysis of investment portfolios.

You learn about:

• the investment environment
• the investment process
• mutual funds and other investment companies
• risk-return-based asset allocation methods
• popular index models
• theoretical and empirical asset pricing models and their applications to investment analysis
• security analysis
• performance measurement.

Module learning outcomes

• Critically understand the general principles of common type of investments
• Critically understand, and apply, underlining concepts of the risk-return relationship and the principle of diversification
• Understand limits of knowledge of standard asset pricing models
• Deploy portfolio theory to performance measurement and passive and active portfolio management