Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation

About 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.