Mastering Alternative Investments

Maximise return on investments

Most alternative investments are considered volatile, high risk, and more complex than traditional assets. But they also provide diversification and so can have a place in large portfolios. It is our view that alternative investments are poised for rapid growth however, a bottleneck in this growth will be a talent shortfall, which creates opportunities for those who are prepared.

Mastering Alternative Investments is an intensive programme, focused on private equity, hedge funds and other non-traditional investments. It provides a framework to analyse alternative investments, and indispensable understanding of the role of alternatives in an investor’s overall portfolio, enabling you to master this growing investment area.

Key Benefits

1. Provide insight into recent research and the latest developments in the alternative investment space
2. Increase your ability to analyse potential and implications of various investment strategies
3. Superb peer networking opportunities from a variety of geographic regions and related industries

The programme focuses on considering alternative investments in the context of total portfolio allocation, and challenges participants to think about the return and risk implications of various strategies.

During lectures, discussion and work groups, participants cover areas including:

1. Total portfolio risk-return analysis
2. Private equity strategies and risk-return characteristics
3. Hedge fund strategies and risk-return characteristics
4. Derivative instruments and structured products
5. Credit markets
6. Risk management and due diligence

Suitable for the experienced professional, as well as those entering the Alternative Investment space, the programme is of particular interest to those wishing to network with participants from across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Participants are often drawn from:

• Investors:
  Family Offices and High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI)
  Pension plan sponsors
  Endowment managers
  Insurance company investment managers
• Private wealth managers
• Financial advisors
• Directors and senior managers of financial institutions
• Hedge fund and fund of funds managers
• Analysts
• Prime brokers
• Risk managers

“INSEAD’s programme on Mastering Alternative Investments definitely provides a good understanding of alternative investments - concepts, statistics and cases - and it can be used as a base for helping decision making in investments.”

Partner
PT Trust Capital
Indonesia

“Mastering Alternative Investments is a course with a heartbeat, comprehensive content and energetic instructors.”

Investment Analyst, Vice President
Deutsche Bank
United Kingdom

Great minds don’t think alike

INSEAD’s professors represent many cultures, disciplines, and perspectives. Led by acknowledged world experts in their own particular fields, programme faculty remain intimately close to business and most are engaged in cross-disciplinary research.*

Lily Fang Programme Director Assistant Professor of Finance Professor Fang's research spans a range of topics in capital markets and financial institutions. She has studied the role of reputation in the financial intermediation market, and the relation between reputation and performance among sell-side analysts. Her current research includes gender issues in sell-side research, and relationships between investment banks and private equity firms. Read more...

Claudia Zeisberger Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences Programme Director, Center for Decision Making and Risk Analysis (CDMRA) Academic Co-Director, Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI)

*programme faculty may change

Dates & Fees

Programme developed on demand for companies. This programme is typically delivered over 3 days.