Course overview
The purpose of this course is to present the principles of alternative investments in management. The course provides a detailed analysis of various classes of alternative investments in the financial markets. Alternative investment classes range from considering the role that venture capital, real estate, and artwork play in a well-diversified portfolio. The theoretical part of the course is meant to collect, systematise and deepen students' understanding of a given investment category, while the practical part focuses on an analysis of the current state of development of alternative investments on the global market and outlines the prospects of future market development.
- Foundations Of Alternative Investments
- Alternative Asset Classes
- Investment Considerations
Course learning outcomes
- Determine the different types of alternative investments
- Learn to identify what the return-risk characteristics of alternative investments are
- Measure the market value and associated risk-return characteristics of various alternative investments
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of including alternative investments in a portfolio that includes traditional asset classes