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Managing Mutual Funds

Managing Mutual Funds

This course discusses issues related to the financial management of mutual funds. It covers such unique aspects of mutual funds as their role in the financial markets; the impact on mutual funds of technology and regulatory systems; different types of mutual funds; security valuation; portfolio models; international diversification related to funds; and asset valuation and custodial services. The course is conducted through a combination of lectures and case analyses.

With over 30 years of global investment experience, Morgan Stanley Investment Management offers the personalized attention and service of a boutique, the intelligence and creativity of some of the brightest professionals in the industry, and the global resources of Morgan Stanley. Headquartered in New York, the firm has more than US$352 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2009. Morgan Stanley offers a comprehensive suite of U.S. and global equity, fixed income, asset allocation, cash management, and alternative investment strategies for a range of institutional clients, including tax-exempt institutions and multi-employer plans, retirement savings plans and pension funds, endowments and foundations, corporations, governments, and high-net-worth individuals.

• MBA Emerging Markets Fund
• MBA Latin American Growth Fund
• MBA International Equity Growth Fund

Their consistent track record is based on a solid investment philosophy that selects growth-oriented companies and industries from countries bearing undervalued markets and vigorous or rapidly improving economies.