Portfolio Management. Return and risk evaluation

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 2.1, BPP University (Business School), course: MSc Accounting and Finance, language: English, abstract: It is very important for a company to identify the associated risks, understand the causes of risks and find out the way to minimize the risks and how these can affect the required return by investors in order to achieve its objectives. The objective of this report is to consider and calculate the return and risks characteristics of the two investment funds managed by Thompson Asset Management. Information through standard deviation, correlation, beta calculation, Sharp ratio, Treynor ratio Jensen's Alpha, Tracking Error and Information Ratio have been obtained to prepare the report.

Dr Kamrul Islam completed his doctoral research from the University of the West of Scotland, in the United Kingdom. His research interests are in food retailing and strategic management. He holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from BPP University (UK), and a BA Hons. in Applied Accounting from the Anglia Ruskin University (UK).