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There are 5 modules in this course
Learn how to analyze and apply portfolio management strategies to optimize risk-return trade-offs, evaluate investment vehicles, and align portfolios with strategic goals. This course combines portfolio governance, investment analysis, asset allocation, and quantitative techniques into one practical learning path.
The course begins with the foundations of portfolio management and PFMP concepts, explaining how portfolios align with organizational strategy and how project, program, and portfolio management work together to deliver strategic value. Learners will understand portfolio governance, key roles, PMO involvement, and value creation through structured decision-making.
As the course progresses, learners explore investment vehicles, asset classes, institutional portfolio applications, diversification, correlation, and investor risk preferences. The course then introduces return measurement and portfolio optimization techniques using statistical tools such as variance, standard deviation, and covariance.
Advanced modules focus on efficient portfolio construction, capital market theory, risk classification, strategic asset allocation, and investment policy statements. Learners will understand how financial and strategic frameworks support better portfolio decisions.
What makes this course unique is its integrated approach combining PFMP-aligned strategic portfolio management with practical investment portfolio theory. By the end of the course, learners will be able to evaluate portfolio choices, optimize risk and return, apply asset allocation strategies, and support strategic decision-making in investment and organizational portfolio environments.
This module introduces the core concepts of portfolio management and the PFMP framework, explaining how portfolios align with organizational strategy and how project, program, and portfolio management interrelate to deliver strategic value.
What's included
7 videos4 assignments
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7 videos•Total 41 minutes
Introduction to Portfolio Management•2 minutes
Outline and Content of PFMP•4 minutes
More on Portfolio Management•5 minutes
PFMP Standard and its Purpose•5 minutes
Definition Of PFMP•10 minutes
Comparison of Project and Portfolio Management•9 minutes
PFMP and Organizational Strategy•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Introduction to Portfolio Management Concepts•10 minutes
Understanding PFMP Standards and Definitions•10 minutes
Portfolio vs Project Management Dynamics•10 minutes
Graded - Foundations of Portfolio Management & PFMP•30 minutes
Portfolio Governance, Roles & Value Creation
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
This module explores portfolio governance, organizational alignment, and value creation, focusing on roles such as portfolio managers and PMO, and how effective governance drives strategic decision-making and business outcomes.
What's included
6 videos4 assignments
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6 videos•Total 31 minutes
Business Value PFMP•3 minutes
PFMP Component Management Relationship•5 minutes
Role of Portfolio Manager•6 minutes
Role of PMO in PFMP•4 minutes
Conclusion•4 minutes
Portfolio Basis for Endowments•9 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Strategic Value and Organizational Alignment•10 minutes
Roles in Portfolio Management Ecosystem•10 minutes
Wrapping Up PFMP Foundations•10 minutes
Grad4ed - Portfolio Governance, Roles & Value Creation•30 minutes
Investment Vehicles & Portfolio Basics
Module 3•2 hours to complete
Module details
This module examines different investment vehicles, asset classes, and institutional portfolio applications while introducing key concepts such as diversification, correlation, and investor risk preferences.
What's included
6 videos4 assignments
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6 videos•Total 41 minutes
Portfolio Basis of Banks•9 minutes
Portfolio Management Process•3 minutes
Pooled Investment•8 minutes
Exchange Traded Fund•6 minutes
Risk Aversion•9 minutes
Correlation and Risk Return•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Portfolio Applications Across Institutions•10 minutes
This module focuses on return measurement techniques, efficient portfolio construction, and statistical tools such as variance, standard deviation, and covariance to support data-driven investment decisions.
What's included
6 videos4 assignments
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6 videos•Total 46 minutes
Return Measures•11 minutes
Money Weighted Return - Problem•3 minutes
Minimum Variance Frontier and Efficient Frontier•6 minutes
Indifference Curves•8 minutes
Destinations•8 minutes
Mean, Variance and Covariance•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Understanding Return Metrics•10 minutes
Efficient Frontier and Investor Preferences•10 minutes
Statistical Foundations of Portfolio Theory•10 minutes
Advanced Portfolio Construction & Asset Allocation
Module 5•3 hours to complete
Module details
This module covers advanced portfolio construction techniques, including capital market theory, risk classification, strategic asset allocation, and the development of investment policy statements (IPS).
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8 videos4 assignments
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8 videos•Total 61 minutes
Return Generating Models•12 minutes
Combining Risky and Risk Free Asset•5 minutes
CAL, CML, Systematic and Unsystematic Risk•10 minutes
Assumptions of Capital Market Theory•8 minutes
Other Ratios•9 minutes
Strategic Asset Allocation•4 minutes
Basic of Portfolio Planing and Construction•7 minutes
Major Components of an IPS•6 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Models and Risk-Return Integration•10 minutes
Capital Market Theory and Risk Types•10 minutes
Portfolio Construction and Strategic Allocation•10 minutes
Graded - Advanced Portfolio Construction & Asset Allocation•30 minutes
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