Fund and Portfolio Manager Performance Evaluation Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply appropriate performance measurement methodologies to evaluate fund and portfolio manager returns.
• Analyze risk-adjusted performance using metrics such as Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, and Jensen's alpha.
• Evaluate manager skill versus luck by decomposing performance into asset allocation, security selection, and market timing components.
• Assess compliance with investment mandates, benchmarks, and regulatory requirements.
• Interpret performance attribution reports to identify sources of value added or detracted.
• Formulate evidence-based recommendations for manager retention, rebalancing, or replacement.

Target Audience

This course is designed for investment professionals, fund trustees, pension fund administrators, and financial advisors who are responsible for selecting, monitoring, or evaluating fund and portfolio managers.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions enable learners to apply performance evaluation concepts using real-world data and tools. Learners will calculate performance metrics, conduct attribution analysis, and compile a manager evaluation report, reinforcing theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience.

Practical Activities

• Calculating Performance Metrics — Using provided fund return data, learners calculate time-weighted and money-weighted returns, Sharpe ratio, and Jensen's alpha in Excel. (2h)
• Attribution Analysis — Learners perform Brinson-style attribution on a sample portfolio to decompose returns into asset allocation and security selection effects. (2h)
• Manager Evaluation Report — Using a dataset of three fund managers, learners evaluate performance, assess style consistency, and produce a summary report with recommendations. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.