Asset allocation in investment

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Asset allocation in investment provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 9 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This course looks at how to take investor objectives and constraints and turn them into a portfolio which aims at achieving an expected return and level of risk appropriate for the investor. In ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Model portfolios and asset classes
    • 1 Model portfolios and asset classes
    • 1.2 Investor objectives
    • 2 Risk and return expectations
    • 2 Risk and return expectations
    • 2.1 Identifying client attitude to risk
    • 3 Pensions at a glance
    • 3 Pensions at a glance
    • 3.1 Equities in pension funds
    • 4 Choosing asset classes
    • 4 Choosing asset classes
    • 4.1 Trends in asset classes
    • 4.2 Changing asset allocation over time
    • 4.3 Decline in demand for equities 1
    • 4.4 Decline in demand for equities 2
    • 5 Yale endowment case study
    • 5 Yale endowment case study
    • 5.1 Yale endowment asset allocation
    • 6 Introduction to investment policy
    • 6 Introduction to investment policy
    • 6.1 The investment process
    • 6.2 Alpha case study
    • 6.3 CalPERS case study
    • 7 Ethics and regulation
    • 7 Ethics and regulation
    • 7.1 Ethics and regulations
    • 7.2 Investment advice in practice
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements