Creating a Portfolio
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Course overview
- Provider
- Coursera
- Course type
- Free online course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Certificate
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course author
- Ramabhadran Thirumalai
Description
This course integrates all the learning from the first three courses and guides the learner about ways of building a portfolio of strategies and integrating the same into a hedge fund. In the first part of the course, you will be taught ways of measuring the contribution of a strategy to a portfolio in terms of risk and return. You will be able to appreciate the consequences of including a strategy to a new as well an existing portfolio.
Next, you are taught various ways of conducting the tilting analysis in order to determine the optimal weight to be placed on each strategy. After this you will learn to develop techniques for minimizing overall portfolio risk.
You will also get a basic overview of the regulatory framework that is applicable to hedge funds. You will know about different types of investors and the expectations of each type of investors.
