Executive Education – Corporate Governance

Boundaries of Excellence in Applied Portfolio Management (be-aPM)

Executive Education – Corporate Governance

Boundaries of Excellence in Applied Portfolio Management (be-aPM)

July 3 – 7, 2023

Date

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Time

RM 22,500*

Program Fee

N/A

Format

Overview

This is a 5-day fast-paced, experiential and in-depth executive portfolio management program developed for investment professionals including portfolio managers and analysts to upgrade their skills and learn about the latest techniques, technologies and applications in financial asset management especially in these geo-politically volatile times.

The program covers quantitative techniques as well as fundamental value, behavioral, and model-based approaches to investing, alternative big data, machine learning, and basic coding. There will be practical examples that covers a wide range of topics from equities to fixed income to hedge funds, and from macroeconomics to commodities and derivatives. Participants will be introduced to common machine learning methods and procedures that can be used for risk and portfolio management in practice

Key Takeaways

Explain the linkages between the global macroeconomy and investment management.
Recall knowledge of methodologies and models used in theory and in practice including Value Enhancement Strategies, Multi-factor Models, Big Data and Alternative Data, Liquidity, Risk Management, and the Global Macroeconomy.
Apply hands-on computational finance (including programming), risk and portfolio management as well as Big Data analysis.
Describe the process of data collection and perform analytics on the data including the basics like confidence intervals and statistical significance.
Apply data visualization techniques for complex investment strategies.
Discuss hedge funds, replication and alternative investment strategies.

Who Should Attend?

Portfolio managers, analysts, risk managers, buy-side service providers, and CFA holders with 3–5 years of professional investments experience who are looking to reinvigorate their quantitative, fundamental, portfolio, programming and risk management skills in equities, fixed income, and hedge funds. In addition, participants will be exposed to real-time macroeconomic views on global issues affecting investment management.
Individuals planning to make the switch from operations and admin-type functions to the front office in financial institutions (buy-side or sell-side) and who already have basic knowledge of investments and financial analysis, example, CFA Levels 1, 2 or 3.

Discount

Group discount of 10% is applicable where there are 2 or more participants who sign-up from the same organization. To qualify for group discount, the registrations must be submitted at the same time.
Discounts are also available for participants from FIDE Forum member institutions.

For more information, please e-mail fide@asb.edu.my