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Asset & Portfolio Management

Niveau

Advanced

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The participants:
• analyze value-enhancement potential of real estate properties and portfolios on the basis of real estate economics, technical and strategic criteria and derive robust optimization scenarios.
• evaluate due diligence results with regard to risks, opportunities and ESG-relevant factors and prioritize measures for investment decisions.
• develop property- and portfolio-related optimization strategies and argue their economic and qualitative effects.
• produce commercial budgeting and cost-effectiveness models and examine their sensitivities for management decisions.
• derive investment decisions at the portfolio level, structure decision bases appropriately for the audience and reflect on the effects on risk, financing and sustainability objectives.

Prerequisites for the course

Fundamentals of real estate development, investment & risk management

Course content

- Methods of property and portfolio analysis
- Due diligence processes & risk assessment
- Value-enhancement & optimization strategies
- Portfolio management, diversification, risk & performance metrics
- Budgeting, cash-flow models, life-cycle considerations, scenario analyzes
- Decision preparation for management & investors

Recommended specialist literature

- Uddin, W., Hudson, W., & Haas, R. (2013). Public Infrastructure Asset Management (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
- Balzer, G., & Schorn, C. (2020). Asset Management für Infrastrukturanlagen – Energie und Wasser (3. Aufl.). Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer Vieweg.
- Gondring, H., & Wagner, T. (Eds.). (2010). Real Estate Asset Management – Handbuch für Praxis, Aus- und Weiterbildung (1. Aufl.). München, Germany: Vahlen.
- Malloth, T. (Ed.). (2013). Immobilienmanagement Österreich (5. Aufl.). Wien, Austria: ÖVI.

Assessment methods and criteria

Portfolio exam

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

5

Semester hours per week

Planned teaching and learning method

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work, field trip

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

3

Type of course/module

Type of course