Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
The philosophy of the training course is that finance is a “doing subject” and a “real life subject”. Hence each topic will be supported by real world examples and delegates will not be passive observers but instead will be hands on, undertaking many exercises and carrying out detailed analysis. The use of Excel is critical in the financial world and for a number of topics appropriate use will be made of spreadsheets. It is therefore beneficial that each delegate brings their own laptop to the sessions, either Windows or Mac OS, in order that they are comfortable with the environment.
Course Objectives
The Gulf Rowad Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis training course aims to provide delegates with update knowledge of portfolio management and investment analysis. At the end of the training delegates will have:
- Exposure to an array of different asset classes.
- Appropriate techniques for performance management and risk assessment.
- Sufficient knowledge of how economic indicators affect the performance of the portfolios.
- The use of derivatives in hedging the risk.
- Alternative asset classes in the capital market.
Target Audience
- Financial market professionals seeking to widen their knowledge base of financial products and investment analysis
- Upper middle and senior management who joined the industry 10+ years previously who are looking to update their skill set
- Regulators looking to understand current trends in financial markets
- New entrant to financial industry willing the capital market and portfolio theory.
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
By sending delegates on the Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis training course, your organisation will benefit by:
- Providing your staff with exposure to financial products and techniques beyond their existing job role
- Providing your staff with industry standard techniques for portfolio management and risk assessment
- Transforming their Excel skills so that they leave with advanced knowledge of Excel for investment analysis
Personal Impact
By attending this Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis training course, you will:
- Have a wider knowledge set of financial products
- Have a greater awareness of techniques available to provide leverage
- Have advanced ability in financial analysis using Excel.
- Have greater clarity on “risk” and tools available to manage risk
Course Outline
Quantitative Methods
- Application of statistical techniques to financial markets
- Descriptive statistics (mean, variance, standard deviation, covariance, correlation, skewness, kurtosis)
- Selecting an appropriate chart to represent data
- Regression analysis
Corporate Finance
- Corporate Structure: Debt vs Equity
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Investment Appraisal
- The Dividend decision
Financial Reporting and Analysis
- A walk through an annual statement: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement
- Ratio Analysis:
- Industry metrics
- Apple v Microsoft
- Next v Tesco
Economics
- Key macroeconomic indicators
- Macroeconomic policy tools
- Exchange rate policy
- Leading indicators and sentiment indicators
Equity Investments
- Types of equity investments: Ordinary shares, preference shares, ADF’s and ETF’s.
- IPO’s and rights issues
- Market Indices
- International Equity Market Linkages
Portfolio Theory
- The Markowitz model of Portfolio Risk
- The Capital Asset Pricing Model
- A practical application of the CAPM to a range of companies
Fixed Income Securities
- Bond pricing
- Bond duration
- The term structure of interest rates
- The convexity of a bond
- Bond ratings
- Immunising a bond portfolio
- Structured products
- Money Market Deposits.
Derivative Securities I
- An introduction to the Derivatives Market
- Futures
- Options
- The cost of carry model
- Cash and carry arbitrage
- Reverse cash and carry arbitrage
- Using Futures to provide portfolio insurance
- Using futures to change a portfolios “beta”
- Spread trading:
- Inter-commodity spreads
- Intra-commodity spreads
Derivative Securities II
- Using Options to provide portfolio insurance
- Option trading strategies.
- Option pricing
- Option Greeks
- Volatility trading
Alternative Investments
- Opportunities offered by alternative investments:
- Property
- Commodities
- Art & Wine
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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