Managing the Bank's Investment Portfolio

MANAGING THE BANK'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

Course Description:
Managing the Bank's Investment Portfolio provides participants with the key concepts needed to effectively manage the bank's portfolio.

Audience: This course is designed for individuals involved in managing the bank's investment portfolio.

Learning Objectives: After successfully completing this program, you will be able to:

  • Identify the key characteristics of common investment instruments

  • Calculate the yield on those instruments

  • Describe regulatory and accounting restrictions on the bank's investment portfolio 

  • Identify all of the elements that should be included in the bank's investment policy and formulate such a policy

  • Compare the benefits and risk of various investment strategies

  • Evaluate the comparative return of taxable and tax-exempt securities

  • Evaluate total return and option-adjusted spreads on instruments with prepayment risk

Textbook: Bank Management, 5th Edition, by Timothy W. Koch and S. Scott MacDonald, Thomson Learning 2002 is the required textbook and will be provided to participants.  If you already have a copy of the textbook, you need not request another one.

Credit: AIB:  1.0

Delivery Method: This course is available in the following formats:

  • AIB Online Instructor-led course; Length: 6 weeks
    Price: $595 members; $745 non-members (includes textbook)
    $475 members; $625 non-members (without textbook)
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  • Students who complete this course along with four other requirements, may obtain the Bank Financial Management Diploma.


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