Mestrado Bolonha em Finanças

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the characteristics, valuation techniques, and strategic roles alternative investments (private equity, natural resources and land, infrastructure, intellectual property, commodities and commodity derivatives, hedge funds and digital assets) play within the broader context of portfolio management. By the end of this course, students will be able to: - understand the characteristics, functioning and valuation of the main categories of alternative investments, including investments in commodities and commodities derivatives, natural resources and land, infrastructure, intellectual property, private equity, hedge funds and digital assets. - understand their unique risk-return profiles and role in portfolio diversification and formulate basic strategies for investing in or allocating to these alternatives. - understand the specific risks associated with each category and approaches to mitigate them.