Data Analytics in Investment, Risk and Portfolio Management
In today’s world apart from knowledge, the other important driving force to running an organization (be it government or private) successfully is efficient use of resources like finance. While working with money an organization or individual faces situations where prior sound knowledge of different tools used in finance is of immense benefit. This short term course titled Data Analytics in Investment, Risk and Portfolio Management is envisioned to give the participants an in-depth and rigorous grounding in use of modern mathematical and computational techniques (like Statistics, Stochastic Calculus, Regression Techniques, Logit and Probit Models, Optimization, etc.) in areas like Portfolio Analysis, Investment Management, Risk Mitigation, Derivative Pricing, etc. Participants of this course will be given the theoretical rigour and practical experience necessary for solving variety of problems in a wide range of applications related to banking, treasury, investment management, manufacturing, e-commerce, project management, etc
Its meant for students, young faculty and professionals from Industry with demonstrated aptitude and interest in Financial Economics, Statistics, Financial Engineering and Management, and Financial Mathematics. Hence people in academia and industry or anyone keenly interested in gaining knowledge about quantitative finance, investment and its application would be encouraged to attend this course.