New York Global Elective
Quantitative Equity Investing

Sunday 23 March - Saturday 29 March 2025

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Item	Imperial Covers	Student Covers
Accommodation	70-75% Twin occupancy cost Room for duration of the module	25-30% Twin occupancy cost Room for duration of the module. Plus additional fees for single room occupancy (between £500-900)
Meals	Breakfast (included in room cost), 1x dinner event, some lunches	Lunches, 6x dinners. We would advise budgeting approx. £35 per day for this for casual food only , no alcohol.
Travel	In-country public transport or buses will be provided	Travel to and from the airport. Airfare.
Visa fees		Visa application process and associated fees
Company Visits	Curating and sourcing company visits in line with the theme.
Health and Safety	Travel insurance for the dates of the module; Risk management and Security	Additional travel insurance for extended stay in country

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Module Outline

This module offers an introduction to analytical techniques and quantitative methods relevant for quantitative equity investing. You will develop a good understanding of the more standard techniques, and familiarity with the more advanced ones too, used in the field of equity investment.

This will be achieved through a series of lectures complemented by practical exercises in a computer simulation environment.

The module will also feature a number of guest speakers from asset managers who offer investment products designed using the techniques described in the module.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

Evaluate the performance and risk of equity investment strategies and employ this information to combine the strategies for better portfolio performance.

Manage and improve the performance of these investment strategies using the latest techniques in risk control, forecast conditioning, trade execution and portfolio optimisation.

Suggest and assess the likely reasons for the outperformance of these investment strategies and in particular whether the strategies are exposed to underlying risk premia