About the Author

Product DescriptionInvestment Analysis and Portfolio Management is an introductory book that seeks to capture the essence of modern developments in investments. It describes the characteristics of various investment alternatives available to investors along with the techniques used in their valuation and analysis. The book presents a framework for portfolio management with a set of guidelines for investors with varying inclinations. Primarily aimed for MBA students taking course in investments and security analysis, it will also be proved useful to industry practitioners. Salient Features : 1) Fifteen new sections such as Alternative Investments, Technologies that can Transform Financial Markets, Financial Engineering, Family Office, REITS and InvITS, Alternative Investment Funds, etc. 2) Updated topics on CAPE Ratio, Bollinger Bands, Information Ratio Trailing Returns and Rolling Returns, Active Share, Behavioural Influences on Asset Allocation, Sortino Ratio, etc. 3) Explores functioning of securities market as well as the implications of modern research in the field of investments. 4) Revised pedagogy that includes exhibits, summary, questions, solved and unsolved problems, minicases, and chapter appendices 5) Rich pool of student and instructor resourcesAbout the AuthorDr. Prasanna Chandra, Director of Centre for Financial Management, is an MBA, PhD (Finance). He has over five decades of teaching experience in postgraduate and executive education programmes. He was a professor of finance at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore for over two decades. He was a visiting professor of finance at Southern Illinois University, USA for two years. He was appointed as a member of several committees including the Capital Issues Advisory Committee, the High Powered Committee on Insurance Sector Reforms, and the SEBI Committee on Derivatives. He has served on the boards of a number of organizations including Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Power Finance Corporation, UTIIAS, ICFAI, SDMIMD, IFCI, IIM (B), Templeton Mutual Fund, Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited, and Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited. He has been a consultant to many organisations. Dr. Chandra has conducted executive seminars for a number of organizations like TCS, Infosys, Tata Motors, ITC, NIIT, Tata Steel, Microsoft, Wipro, Sasken Communications, BHEL, Bharat Shell, ANZ Grindlays, HMT, Canara Bank, Vysya Bank, ONGC, GAIL, Motorola, and Tata Power. He has published nine other books - Financial Management : Theory and Practice, Behavioural Finance, Strategic Financial Management: Managing for Value Creation; Projects: Planning, Analysis, Financing, Implementation, and Review; Investment Game; Corporate Valuation; Finance Sense; Fundamentals of Financial Management; and Valuation of Equity Shares and has authored over 70 articles in professional journals and business periodicals. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and a UNDP Fellow. He has received several honours including the Best Teacher Award from the Association of Indian Management Schools.