LONDON SCHOOL OF COMMERCE

SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Student Name:

MBA RESEARCH METHODS TOPIC SELECTION FORM

TERM: November2011 to February 2012
Prasada Madre Kushalappa
Student ID:
1425448

University:

University Of Chester

Specialisation Corporate Finance

:
Your topic must be a QUESTION that your research will attempt to answer.
(YOUR TOPIC MUST BE IN LINE WITH YOUR MBA SPECIALISATION.
E.g. Finance Students must choose a Finance topic and marketing students must choose a Marketing topic.)

Critically discuss the key assumptions of portfolio management strategies towards risk and
returns in UK financial market.
What will be your main source of data?
Portfolio managers, Financial Market data, Bloomberg, Customers, Fund Managers, Employees
and Research data base.
SCHEMATIC MODEL OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC
Factors that you will look at to explain the
Phenomenon that is your focus of interest

Description of the phenomenon

that is your focus of interest

Role of portfolio management in investment, risk

and return relationship, effectiveness, suitability,
difficulties, strategy formation, durability and
modifications of strategies, portfolio theories.

What are the key assumptions of investment?

How does portfolio management works? How
does it maximize returns? What are the benefits
of portfolio management? What are the different
portfolios theories exist?

Statement of the relationships

that you expect to find

Key assumptions lying under portfolio management, comparison

between risk and return, benefits and difficulties of portfolio
management, effectiveness and changes of investment strategies.
Suitability of portfolio management strategies with financial market performance,
maximizing returns with best possible risk.
Highlight any ethical issues raised by your study. If required, attach further information on how these have been addressed. Indicate on front page whether you
need to seek ethical clearance from any external body.

TO BE COMPLETED BY YOUR SUPEVISOR

Supervisor:

Topic
Agreed?

Comments:

Supervisor
Signature:

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Date:

YES / NO

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http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/questioning-investment-industryassumptions/2015/02/05/
http://www.warrenbuffett.com/3-warren-buffett-investment-success-tips/+
http://samcheekong.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/how-to-build-optimal-portfoliowith.html, Liang 2012