LSE Executive Education Courses 2017

Effective Asset Management

12-16 June 2017
Five day executive programme

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Effective Asset Management

This five day course explores successful formulas for effective investment
management. From having an effective investment strategy - that is
efficiently implemented, to how to handle non-investment elements of the
business (such as marketing and compliance), this course will explore the
perspectives of both asset managers and those individuals and institutions
that provide capital to investment managers.

What will you gain from the course? Core course content
• An understanding of modern portfolio theory The course material is split into areas:
and its use in developing cutting-edge
• Quantitative Investing
investment strategies.
• Liquid Alternatives
• Examination of the theoretical and empirical
link between risk and return in capital markets. • Illiquid Alternatives

• Clear identification of the objectives of • Investment Synthesis.

effective investment strategies and their
efficient implementation by mutual funds,
hedge funds, and other asset managers.
• Be able to better understand, critique, and
refine advanced trading strategies used by
successful hedge funds.
How is the course delivered?
• The course programme is built around case
studies – allowing exploration of fundamental
asset management concepts and illustrating
recent developments in global investing.

• Exploration of the important structural • Highly interactive – the programme has

and contractual elements of the hedge
fund industry.
• Address performance measurement and its
challenges in the asset management industry.
• Understanding and assessment of key
• Global networking is built in to the
strategies in private equity and venture capital.
• Exploration of the efficient allocation of
capital cross different asset classes.
time built in for group discussion and
debate enabling you to share fundamental
asset management concepts in your own
organization and share recent global
investing developments.
programme – there is a social aspect to the
course, with informal networking opportunities
for you to build your business connections.

• Compare and contrast key differences in the

organizational structures of large funds.
• Integration of asset management skills into
the broader business plan of an investment
management firm.

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Is this course for you?
This course is appropriate for experienced middle or senior rank professionals in the Financial
Services industry, who currently work in investment management or are interested in entering the
field. This audience includes, but is not limited to:
• asset managers looking to perfect and update their existing skills
• ambitious financial services executives looking to work in asset management
• current and future portfolio managers in the mutual fund, ETF, hedge fund, private equity, and
venture capital investment spaces
• capital allocators such as pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance
companies, family offices, and banks.

Job roles of previous participants* From employers including*

Risk Manager Skanska
Financial Analyst GlaxoSmithKline
Legal Accountant Swiss Federal Railways
Vice President, risk management European Investment Bank
Senior Banker Ernst & Young
CFO NATIXIS
Economist ABN Amro Bank
Relationship Manager Müller Group
Manager, Corporate Development and M&A Accenture
Director, Capital Advisory Mediobanca
Associate in Equity Capital Markets PwC
Transaction Management Officer The OPEC Fund for International
Development

* Participants listed are those who attended related finance courses in 2016.

“Thank-you
for creating one of
the most inspiring
weeks I have had
in many years”.
Director, Carlsberg Group, Norway

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Effective Asset Management

Course Schedule Programme fee: £5,795

Day one:
Risk and Return Overview
• Low-Risk Investing
• Value Investing.
Evening welcome reception
Day two:
• Momentum Investing
Hedge Funds Overview
• Arbitrage Opportunities.
This includes all course
materials, refreshments, daily
lunches, receptions and the
programme dinner unless
mentioned otherwise.
Discounted rates at two
local hotels are available
to participants.
Full terms and conditions:
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Day three
• Providing Risk-Bearing Capacity
• Activist Investing
• Funds of Funds.

Day four
Equity and Venture Capital
Overview
• Leveraged Buyouts
• Early-stage Investing.
Dinner and drinks reception

Day five
• Evolution of Quantitative Investing
• Portfolio Theory and Practice.

A final timetable and any pre-course

reading will be provided prior to
the start of the course. Topic areas
are delivered in the form of case
studies for review, discussion and
theory application.
All course content is correct at the
time of production and can be subject
to change.
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World-class faculty
Professor Christopher Polk
Christopher Polk is a
Professor of Finance at
the London School of
Economics and former
Director of the Financial
Markets Group. Prior to
joining the LSE, Polk taught
at Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management; he has also
been a visiting Professor of Economics at
Harvard University and a visiting Professor
of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of
Management. Polk’s research interests
are in asset pricing and include related
topics in asset management, corporate
finance, behavioural finance and
macroeconomics. His recent research has
focused on incorporating stochastic volatility
into asset pricing models and measuring the
extent and consequences of crowded trading
in popular hedge fund strategies.
Why LSE for your executive
education needs?
A history of excellence
Founded in 1895 with the purpose of academic
engagement with real world issues, LSE enjoys a
reputation as one of the world’s best universities
in the social sciences field.
Talented global participants
Our reputation for innovative and intellectually
challenging courses is the reason why fast-track
and senior executives from a diverse range of
organisations attend LSE education courses.
World-class faculty
Course are taught by full-time LSE faculty
who lead their field and augmented by senior
practitioners drawn from industry and business
our lecturers will engage, challenge and equip you
with the latest knowledge and skills.

Professor Polk holds a BSc in physics and

economics from Duke University and a PhD in
finance from the University of Chicago’s Booth
School of Business where he studied under the
2013 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences,
Eugene Fama.
Certificate of Excellence in Global
Business
Our courses are affiliated with the Global Network
for Advanced Management (GNAM), and our
courses can be taken as part of the network’s
Certificate of Excellence in Global Business.

Effective Asset Management

12-16 June 2017 | London

For course information:

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(Mon – Fri: 9.30am to 5.30pm)

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