Comprehensive Wealth Management Educational Programming

Wharton Executive Education offers programming for a broad range of industry professionals, including financial consultants and advisors, institutional fiduciaries and policy makers, as well as for investors, including individual investors, families, and Penn Alumni.

wealth management programming for investors include:

  • Managing Your Wealth: Practical Tools for Investors — Led by Wharton's finance experts and preeminent faculty, this three-day program addresses the key concerns of high-net-worth investors and the impact of recent events in financial markets on their investment decisions. With lectures and real-life examples, the program examines such issues as how the economy relates to investment choices, the fundamentals of investment theory and practice, how to evaluate advisors and build effective relationships with them, and common mistakes high-net-worth investors make and how to avoid them.

  • Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management — This program offers research-based tools and knowledge from the faculty of one of the world’s top finance departments. Leading experts on portfolios, investments, and markets provide diverse perspectives on portfolio management. They also examine specific investment areas such as stocks, bonds, derivatives, real estate, and global investments. This program provides a solid foundation for building optimal portfolios, as well as effective tools for making better investments.

  • Private Wealth Management for Investors  (in partnership with the Institute for Private Investors) — this program provides the knowledge that will allow family investors to gain the foundation necessary for oversight of substantial private wealth, including family governance and wealth transfer, modern portfolio theory, evaluation of investment managers, alternative investments, and tax efficiencies.

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wealth management programming for advisors include:

  • The Client Relationship: Creating and Maintaining Your Competitive Edge — This program brings to bear Wharton’s expertise in finance, management, and marketing to help your business thrive through effective communication and relationship-building approaches. The intense three-day program engages highly regarded financial research to examine the larger picture: how current events affect investment choices and how to plan for the future of wealth management.

  • Wharton/CFA Institute Wealth Management in Practice — Based on best practices and the latest wealth management research, this program for highly qualified finance professionals prepares them to integrate investment issues with effective communication and leadership strategies. Participants will apply concepts including behavioral finance, alternative investments, and tax and estate planning aimed at developing and sustaining their wealth management practice. The program emphasizes strengthening client relationships and pursuing life-long investment strategies for growth and protection of client assets.

  • Securities Industry Institute (SII — First launched in 1952, the SII is Wharton’s largest and longest-running executive education program, led today by one of the most respected voices in finance, Wharton’s Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance, Jeremy Siegel. The intensive three-consecutive-year certificate program offered for one week each March equips professionals in the securities industry with information that is directly applicable to their current and future responsibilities in areas such as finance and strategy, technology and operations, legal and compliance issues, sales and marketing, and personal development and leadership.

  • IMCA Certificate Program — IMCA certificate programs represent a long-term partnership between Wharton and IMCA, and are designed to equip financial professionals with industry-leading investment consulting and wealth management credentials.

    • IMCA CIMA® designation — Considered by the industry as the highest standard in consulting expertise, this advanced designation certificate program provides finance professionals with a comprehensive body of investment knowledge to assist clients in making sound investment choices. Participants gain expertise in a wide range of areas — from investment policy and asset allocation to risk management and international financial markets to due diligence and manager selection.

  • IFEBP Partnership Programs — In an alliance spanning 30 years, the IFEBP has partnered with Wharton to deliver investment management education for finance professionals concentrating on benefits and compensation. The IFEBP and Wharton programs provide certification as a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), and offers specialization in three areas: group benefits, retirement, and compensation. 

    • IFEBP Advanced Investments — Scheduled for 2009, this thorough and rigorous program examine such issues as macroeconomy and financial markets, international investing, advanced bond management, risk and return analysis of equity and real estate investments, and private equity and venture capital.

    • IFEBP Hedge Funds, Real Estate, and Other Alternatives — This program covers the current intricacies of the real estate and hedge fund markets from distinguishing types of real estate private equity investment strategies to examining performance history and correlation of alternative investments within the overall portfolio.

    • IFEBP International Investing and Emerging Markets — With a focus on investing in the global arena, this program examines key areas, including emerging trends and key players in the international financial market, the effect of exchange rates on global investing and the impact of hedging on portfolio volatility, international bond markets, and nontraditional international investments.

    • IFEBP Portfolio Concepts — From the basic principles of portfolio theory, including diversification, market efficiency, and risk, to examining primary investment vehicles for employee benefit plan investors, this program offers practical application for a solid grounding in portfolio theory and investment.

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Custom Wealth Management Programs

Wharton’s customized programs offer financial services organizations and their executives the latest research and industry knowledge for successfully navigating the recent changes in world markets. With learning that can be applied to current issues, Wharton programs are designed to keep financial professionals ahead of changes in the financial industry.

  • Over 700 top-tier financial advisors from one of the world’s largest insurance companies participated in a program directed by Olivia Mitchell, director of the Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research and preeminent scholar on subject of retirement. Participants gained expertise in the areas of real estate in the retirement portfolio, health care, communication skills, asset allocation, and diversification as they worked on a proprietary case written by Dr. Mitchell that addresses the complex needs of clients at or near retirement.

  • One of the top insurers worldwide selected Wharton to design a program that would enhance its ability to attract clients approaching retirement and to cultivate its reputation as a thought leader in the retirement marketplace. In response, Wharton designed a holistic Retirement Planning Program that addressed the three major risks facing retirees: Behavioral Risk — the impact of uncertainty on making rational investment decision, Longevity Risk — outliving retirement funds, and Investment Risk — the effect of a downturn on long-term investments. To satisfy the overwhelming demand, Wharton was able to creatively deliver multiple programs for the client that educated over 300 financial advisors who are now better able to serve the needs of current and future retirees.

Please contact a Wealth Management director for more information.

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