MODULE 1
MACRO TRENDS, ASSET ALLOCATION AND EVALUATION

DAY THREE Wednesday, July 18th
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
THE CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL (CAPM)
  • Inputs to the CAPM model
  • Uses of CAPM
  • Drawbacks with CAPM
  • Alternatives to CAPM
  • APT (Arbitrage Pricing Theory)
  • ACTIVE VERSUS PASSIVE MANAGEMENT
  • Definitions and Assumptions behind Efficient Markets Hypothesis
  • Case for and against active management
  • Case for and against passive management
  • Core and satellite approaches to asset management
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MEASURES
  • Performance & Risk
  • Sharpe measure
  • Treynor measure
  • Alpha: measuring it properly
  • Tracking Error and Information Ratio
  • Downsite Deviation and Sortino Ratio
  • PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTION MEASURES
  • Manager style & risk
  • Use of peer groups and indices as benchmarks
  • Performance Attribution Systems
  • BENCHMARKS AND GIPS
  • Establishing benchmark portfolios
  • Manager universes on performance benchmarks
  • GPIS standards
  • GUEST SPEAKER
    Jamie Perrett
    Head of Index Design
    FTSE GROUP
    Global Indices
    CONCLUSION OF MACRO TRENDS, ASSET ALLOCATION AND EVALUATION MODULE
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