Derivatives and Portfolio Management
Derivatives such as futures, forwards and options can be valuable tools within any portfolio. They can be used to reduce portfolio risk, to artificially diversify portfolio holdings, to hedge against various types of risks and to improve revenue within a portfolio. As we can see, derivatives are very flexible instruments that provide investors with the ability to be more creative in their derivative investment choices.

The Derivatives Institute offers three Advanced Level series of online courses on portfolio management. The first series Optimizing Portfolio Performance with Derivatives provides average investors who already have basic knowledge of derivatives, and finance professionals with a broad understanding of the strategic uses of futures, forwards and options in portfolio management. The second series Portfolio Management: Equity and Index Derivatives focuses on the uses of equity and index derivatives in portfolio management. Finally, the third series Portfolio Management: Interest rate Derivatives addresses the uses of interest rate derivatives in portfolio management.

These series of online courses were jointly developed by university professors, leading industry experts and online multimedia instructional design. Each course incorporates exceptional content and a sound pedagogical approach enabling investors to acquire applicable and practical knowledge of portfolio management.