Investment Management Operations

What You Will Learn

• 1 Learn the foundational structure of investment management operations, including key participants, operational roles, and the end-to-end investment lifecycle.
• 2 Understand trade execution and order management, covering order types, execution venues, best execution obligations, and the role of the order management system.
• 3 Apply knowledge of trade settlement and clearing processes, including settlement cycles, custodian relationships, fails management, and central counterparty clearing.
• 4 Explore fund accounting principles and NAV calculation, including accruals, income allocation, expense management, and pricing methodologies.
• 5 Analyze portfolio performance measurement and attribution, including return calculations, benchmark comparison, and Brinson attribution models.
• 6 Understand investment compliance and regulatory frameworks, including pre-trade and post-trade compliance checks, mandate monitoring, and key regulatory regimes.
• 7 Develop skills in risk management operations, covering operational risk controls, counterparty risk, liquidity risk monitoring, and stress testing procedures.
• 8 Build proficiency in corporate actions processing, including the types of corporate actions, their operational impact, and entitlement calculation workflows.
• 9 Implement reporting and client servicing operations, covering regulatory reporting requirements, investor communications, and fund transparency standards.
• 10 Discover technology and innovation in investment operations, including straight-through processing, data management platforms, and emerging automation trends.