Building and Managing a Securities Portfolio: First-Level Training Course
1Summary
Nobody investing seriously puts their savings into a single stock and calls it a strategy. Investment funds exist for exactly that reason — they pool the savings of people who want to invest in securities into one vehicle, then direct that pool into buying and selling as a managed whole. Legally, this is recognised dealing in the money market, governed by the rules of whichever exchange it operates in, and it's never limited to one company's shares or one type of security. Knowing how that pool actually gets built and managed — not just that it exists — is the first-level skill this course is built around.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Managers of institutions and companies, and businessmen developing their bank management skills.
- Business administration students and graduates.
- Bank managers and employees.
- Accountants and their assistants in investment funds, and anyone building expertise in fund administration.
What Participants Gain
- The ability to manage bond preparation, check authenticity and adopt bonds before recording them in the accounting books.
- Real control experience supervising every document issued by the accounting office.
- Practical skill in managing the financial affairs of an investment fund.
3Course Content
Module 1: What a Securities Portfolio Actually Is
- Defining a holding (securities) portfolio.
Module 2: Building and Managing the Portfolio
- How a securities portfolio gets constructed and managed.
- The techniques followed in managing a holding portfolio.
Module 3: Accounting Foundations Behind Portfolio Management
- Accounting principles and basic accounting conventions.
- Important accounting rules that apply to portfolio management.
Module 4: Recording and Balancing Transactions
- Recording financial operations and dual-entry theory.
- The balance sheet concept that ties the numbers together.