122202 Alternative Investments

Veranstaltungsdetails

Lehrende: Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar

Orga-Einheit: Corporate Management & Economics

Anzeige im Stundenplan: Alt. Investments

Semesterwochenstunden: 3

Credits: 6,0
Hinweis: In Ihrer Prüfungsordnung können abweichende Credits festgelegt sein.

Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 35

Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung

Inhalte:
The main task of this course is to provide knowledges and skills in the field of financial management with a special emphasis on alternative investments. The course will focus on the complicated decision making process in the field of international investment management, creation of the investment and hedging strategies at the international financial markets:
1. Asset Allocation and Optimization with Alternative Investments
2. Selected Portfolio Strategies - 60/40, Small Cap Vs. Mid Cap Vs. Large Cap Stocks
3. Structured Investment Products and Credit Derivatives (Credit Default SWAPs, CDS)
4. Alternative Investments - Real Estates, Commodities, Digital Currencies
5. Alternative strategies - Exchange Trade Funds, Private Equity, Hedge Funds
6. Portfolio Performance Evaluation and Attribution

Lernziele:
The aim of the course is to bridge the huge gap that exists between the industry and academia by bringing real world practical domain knowledge and expertise to education. The students will obtain skills to work with the basic and alternative investment tools at the international financial markets. They will receive knowledges about the alternative investments strategies and portfolio optimization. Finally, they will be able to employ modern trading algorithms to buy and sell securities and alternative investments, with a special emphasize on big data.

Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen:
The students will provide seminal paper on the selected topic using theoretical background and empirical analysis.

Literatur:
Solnik, B., McLeavey, D. Global Investments. Pearson Education, 2009, ISBN: 0-321-55212-1.
Fabozzi, F., J., Markowitz, H., M. The Theory and Practice of Investment Management. Wiley Publishing, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-470-92990-2.
Litterman, B. et al. Modern Investment Management. Wiley Publishing, 2003, ISBN: 978-0-471-12410-8
Fernandez, P. 2017. Is It Ethical to Teach That Beta and CAPM Explain Something? (October 11, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2980847
Armstrong, W.J., Knif, J., Kolari, J.W., Pynnönen, S. 2012. Exchange risk and universal returns: A test of international arbitrage pricing theory. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 20, 24–40
Ross, S.A. 1976. The Arbitrage Theory of Capital Asset Pricing. Journal of Economic Theory, 13, 341-360.
Fama, F.E., French, K. R. 1993. Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds. Journal of Financial Economics, 33, 3-56.
Philips, C.B., Kinniry, F.M. 2012. Determining the appropriate benchmark: A review of major market indexes. Vanguard Research Paper.
Morningstar, 2013. Total Portfolio Performance Attribution Methodology. Morningstar Research Paper.
Fama, F.E., French, K.R. 2015. A five-factor asset pricing model. Journal of Financial Economics, 116(1), 1-22.

Termine
Datum Von Bis Raum Lehrende
1 Fr, 23. Feb. 2018 13:30 19:00 Fab 3 | 2.02 Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek
2 Sa, 24. Feb. 2018 10:00 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.02 Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek
3 Fr, 20. Apr. 2018 13:30 19:00 Fab 3 | 2.02 Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek
4 Sa, 21. Apr. 2018 10:00 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.02 Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek
5 Fr, 4. Mai 2018 13:30 19:00 Fab 3 | 2.02 Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek
6 Sa, 5. Mai 2018 10:00 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.02 Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek
Veranstaltungseigene Prüfungen
Beschreibung Datum Lehrende Bestehenspflicht
1. Endterm k.Terminbuchung Ja
2. Endterm (Wh.) k.Terminbuchung Ja
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Lehrende
Dr. Svatopluk Kapounek