FIN3102/FIN3702: INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
FIN3102A/FIN3702A FIN3102B/FIN3702B
Dr. Zhang Weina Dr. Yue Ling
MRB BIZ1 Building, 07-47 MRB BIZ1 Building, 07-68
Tel: 65168120 Tel: 65167159
Email: Email:
Session: Semester 1, 2020/2021
Course objectives
The objective of this course is to develop key concepts in investment theory from the perspective
of a portfolio manager, and to apply such concepts using real financial data. Topics to be covered
include portfolio optimization and asset pricing theories, as well as their applications to problems
in modern financial practice. This course also explores the application of various financial
instruments in investment management and introduces the basic techniques of portfolio
performance evaluation.
Prerequisites
- Finance (FIN2004)
- Statistics (BZ1008/ST1131A)
- Basic understanding of Excel Spreadsheet functions
- Financial calculator
Course textbook
The reference noted below has been placed in the RBR section in HSSML:
Bodie, Zvi, Alex Kane, Alan Marcus and Ravi Jain, 2014, Investments: Asia Global Edition,
McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-007-126228-6.
Alternatively, Bodie, Zvi, Alex Kane, Alan Marcus, 2021, Investments: 12th International
Student Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-1-260-57115-7.
All other course materials, journal articles, data files, and information pertaining to
FIN3102/FIN3702 will be posted on the LumiNUS. You are expected to check any updates and
files on the LumiNUS system on the regular basis. You are encouraged to use LumiNUS
discussion forum for your questions and comments. I encourage you to read regularly the
financial news from Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times.
Given the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face lectures might be cancelled or shifted to
online teaching via ZOOM in compliance with the government and school policies. Please pay
attention to the announcements made in LumiNUS during the semester. Students who attend the
physical class are required to take their temperature before entering into the classroom and wear a
mask throughout. Students who do not abide to these rules will not be allowed to enter into the
classroom. Students are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop for hybrid learning in class.
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FIN3102A/FIN3702A FIN3102B/FIN3702B
Dr. Zhang Weina Dr. Yue Ling
MRB BIZ1 Building, 07-47 MRB BIZ1 Building, 07-68
Tel: 65168120 Tel: 65167159
Email: Email:
Session: Semester 1, 2020/2021
Course objectives
The objective of this course is to develop key concepts in investment theory from the perspective
of a portfolio manager, and to apply such concepts using real financial data. Topics to be covered
include portfolio optimization and asset pricing theories, as well as their applications to problems
in modern financial practice. This course also explores the application of various financial
instruments in investment management and introduces the basic techniques of portfolio
performance evaluation.
Prerequisites
- Finance (FIN2004)
- Statistics (BZ1008/ST1131A)
- Basic understanding of Excel Spreadsheet functions
- Financial calculator
Course textbook
The reference noted below has been placed in the RBR section in HSSML:
Bodie, Zvi, Alex Kane, Alan Marcus and Ravi Jain, 2014, Investments: Asia Global Edition,
McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-007-126228-6.
Alternatively, Bodie, Zvi, Alex Kane, Alan Marcus, 2021, Investments: 12th International
Student Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-1-260-57115-7.
All other course materials, journal articles, data files, and information pertaining to
FIN3102/FIN3702 will be posted on the LumiNUS. You are expected to check any updates and
files on the LumiNUS system on the regular basis. You are encouraged to use LumiNUS
discussion forum for your questions and comments. I encourage you to read regularly the
financial news from Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times.
Given the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face lectures might be cancelled or shifted to
online teaching via ZOOM in compliance with the government and school policies. Please pay
attention to the announcements made in LumiNUS during the semester. Students who attend the
physical class are required to take their temperature before entering into the classroom and wear a
mask throughout. Students who do not abide to these rules will not be allowed to enter into the
classroom. Students are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop for hybrid learning in class.
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