Investment Management

to securities markets and investment management.- to Market Microstructure.- An Overview of Securities Markets Regulation around the World.- Financial Theories.- The Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Theory.- The Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Tests and Application.- Financial Statements and Equity Prices.- Accounting and Financial Analysis.- The use (and misuse) of Cash flow statements.- Prospective Analysis: Guidelines for Forecasting Financial Statements.- Valuation models.- The EVA Approach to Investing.- DCF Valuation Models: Free Cash flow, APV, ECF and CCF valuation models.- Valuation Using Multiples.- Real Options Perspective of Security Analysis.- Investing in Initial Public Offerings and Depository Receipts.- Equity Options.- Pricing Equity Options.- Investing in Exotic Options.- Fixed Income and Credit sensitive instruments.- An Overview of Fixed Income Securities and Markets.- Investing in Convertibles, Preferred Stocks and Warrants.- Managing Fixed Income Portfolios.- Interest Rate Derivatives.- The Credit Market.- Investing in Credit Derivatives.- Active Investments and Market efficiency.- Market Efficiency: Theory, Tests and Applications.- An Overview of Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds.- Understanding Active Portfolio Management.- Measuring Mutual Fund Performance.- Hedge Funds.- Investing in Emerging Markets.- Behavioral Finance and Summary.- Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategy.