Strategies for optimizing international portfolio investment

Course: International economic relations (master)

Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations

Title
Strategies for optimizing international portfolio investment
Code
ОК 6.4
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
To know the main models for evaluating debt financial instruments, financial futures and options. To know options and futures strategies of international portfolio investment. To know the sources of information about international portfolio investments - at the level of flows and investment characteristics. To know the existing approaches to the optimization of international investment portfolios, their advantages and disadvantages, application methodology. To know the features and specifics of optimizing international investment portfolios and portfolios of local markets. To be able to independently analyze the investment characteristics of individual financial assets.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1) Knowledge of the fundametals of international finance. 2) Successful mastering of the course "International Investment Management". 3) Skills of working with electronic databases. 4) Ability to perform simple data operations in Microsoft Excel
Course content
Part I. Evaluation of investment characteristics of certain financial assets. Introduction to the course. Evaluation and strategies for the formation of international debt portfolios. Options evaluation: binomial model. Option evaluation: Black-Scholes model. Options strategies for international portfolio investment. Futures strategies for managing international investment portfolios. Part II strategies for optimization of international investment portfolios. Sources of information on international portfolio investments. Using modern software to optimize international investment portfolios. Kelly optimization. International optimal portfolios with asymmetric distribution of yields. Criteria for optimization on the principle of maximum certainty. Optimal portfolios of stochastic dominance.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Дзюба П. В. Еволюція суб’єктивного підходу до оптимізації міжнародних інвестиційних портфелів / П. Дзюба // Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія : Міжнародні відносини. – К. : КНУ імені Тараса Шевченка ; ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2017. – Вип. 1 (46). – С. 55–67. 2. Дзюба П. В. Оптимізація інвестиційних портфелів за принципом максимальної визначеності: альтернативний погляд на формування портфельної парадигми міжнародного інвестування / П. Дзюба // Актуальні проблеми міжнародних відносин : Зб. наук. праць. – К. : Інститут міжнародних відносин КНУ імені Тараса Шевченка, 2017. – Вип. 132. – С. 109–124. 3. Дзюба П. В. Оптимізація міжнародних інвестиційних портфелів за середньою геометричною дохідністю: еволюційний погляд на позапарадигмальну концепцію / Дзюба П. В. // Науковий вісник Херсонського державного університету
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture (powerpoint presentation), seminar, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Work at seminars - speeches, additions, discussions, debates, blitz tests, solving typical problems - 30 points / 18 points. 2. Case report - 35 points / 21 points. 3. Test (combined test) - 35 points / 21 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Chair of international finance
Educational and scientific institute of international relations

Departments

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Chair of international finance
Educational and scientific institute of international relations