Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation
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Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation
This course is part of Investment Management and Capital Markets Specialization
Instructor: EDUCBA
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What you'll learn
Analyze portfolio management principles and optimize risk-return trade-offs.
Evaluate asset classes, investment vehicles, and portfolio performance metrics.
Apply asset allocation and portfolio optimization strategies using financial tools.
Skills you'll gain
- Strategic Planning
- Portfolio Risk
- Risk Management
- Investment Management
- Portfolio Management
- Investments
- Capital Markets
- Organizational Strategy
- Correlation Analysis
- Program Management
- Asset Management
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology
- Statistical Methods
- Governance
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Return On Investment
- Project Portfolio Management
- Project Management
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May 2026
20 assignments
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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
7 videosβ’Total 41 minutes
- Introduction to Portfolio Managementβ’2 minutes
- Outline and Content of PFMPβ’4 minutes
- More on Portfolio Managementβ’5 minutes
- PFMP Standard and its Purposeβ’5 minutes
- Definition Of PFMPβ’10 minutes
- Comparison of Project and Portfolio Managementβ’9 minutes
- PFMP and Organizational Strategyβ’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Introduction to Portfolio Management Conceptsβ’10 minutes
- Understanding PFMP Standards and Definitionsβ’10 minutes
- Portfolio vs Project Management Dynamicsβ’10 minutes
- Graded - Foundations of Portfolio Management & PFMPβ’30 minutes
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
6 videosβ’Total 31 minutes
- Business Value PFMPβ’3 minutes
- PFMP Component Management Relationshipβ’5 minutes
- Role of Portfolio Managerβ’6 minutes
- Role of PMO in PFMPβ’4 minutes
- Conclusionβ’4 minutes
- Portfolio Basis for Endowmentsβ’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Strategic Value and Organizational Alignmentβ’10 minutes
- Roles in Portfolio Management Ecosystemβ’10 minutes
- Wrapping Up PFMP Foundationsβ’10 minutes
- Grad4ed - Portfolio Governance, Roles & Value Creationβ’30 minutes
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
6 videosβ’Total 41 minutes
- Portfolio Basis of Banksβ’9 minutes
- Portfolio Management Processβ’3 minutes
- Pooled Investmentβ’8 minutes
- Exchange Traded Fundβ’6 minutes
- Risk Aversionβ’9 minutes
- Correlation and Risk Returnβ’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Portfolio Applications Across Institutionsβ’10 minutes
- Investment Instruments and Structuresβ’10 minutes
- Investor Behavior and Risk Preferencesβ’10 minutes
- Graded - Investment Vehicles & Portfolio Basicsβ’30 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
6 videosβ’Total 46 minutes
- Return Measuresβ’11 minutes
- Money Weighted Return - Problemβ’3 minutes
- Minimum Variance Frontier and Efficient Frontierβ’6 minutes
- Indifference Curvesβ’8 minutes
- Destinationsβ’8 minutes
- Mean, Variance and Covarianceβ’10 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Understanding Return Metricsβ’10 minutes
- Efficient Frontier and Investor Preferencesβ’10 minutes
- Statistical Foundations of Portfolio Theoryβ’10 minutes
- Graded - Measuring Returns & Portfolio Optimizationβ’30 minutes
This module covers advanced portfolio construction techniques, including capital market theory, risk classification, strategic asset allocation, and the development of investment policy statements (IPS).
What's included
8 videos4 assignments
8 videosβ’Total 61 minutes
- Return Generating Modelsβ’12 minutes
- Combining Risky and Risk Free Assetβ’5 minutes
- CAL, CML, Systematic and Unsystematic Riskβ’10 minutes
- Assumptions of Capital Market Theoryβ’8 minutes
- Other Ratiosβ’9 minutes
- Strategic Asset Allocationβ’4 minutes
- Basic of Portfolio Planing and Constructionβ’7 minutes
- Major Components of an IPSβ’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Models and Risk-Return Integrationβ’10 minutes
- Capital Market Theory and Risk Typesβ’10 minutes
- Portfolio Construction and Strategic Allocationβ’10 minutes
- Graded - Advanced Portfolio Construction & Asset Allocationβ’30 minutes
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