Hedge funds have started to play an important role in financial markets during the last decade. They have affected important aspects of financial intermediation such as asset allocation decisions and corporate governance. Julian Holler provides an excellent theoretical and empirical analysis of...

Alternative Investments on Contemporary Financial Market -- Hedge Funds -- Investment Strategies of Hedge Funds -- Funds of Funds -- Managed Futures Investments -- Structured Products -- Private Equity/Venture Capital Investments -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Alternative Investments, die sich durch ihr Streben nach marktphasenunabhängigen, absoluten Renditen auszeichnen, sind in den letzten Jahren verstärkt in den Fokus institutioneller Investoren gerückt. Damit erhalten auch die angebotenen Produktstrukturen auf Hedgefonds und Private Equity...

Private Banking -- Empirische Untersuchung zu Hedgefonds-Investments im deutschen Private Banking -- Einordnung der Befragungsteilnehmer -- Rahmenbedingungen für Hedgefonds in Deutschland -- Liquiditätseigenschaften — Rücknahmefrist bei Dach-Hedgefonds -- Portfoliotheoretische Aspekte --...

Einführung und begriffliche Grundlagen -- Identifizieren der Ziele des Investmentportfolio-Managementprozesses -- Modellieren von Investmentzielen auf Basis Strategischer Investmentfelder (SIF) -- Optimieren eines assetklassenbasierten Investmentportfolios -- Optimieren eines SIF-basierten...

This book criticizes the fact that profitability measures derived from capital market models such as the Sharpe ratio and the reward-to-VaR ratio are proposed for loan portfolios, although it is not proven whether their risk-return trade-offs are optimal for banks. The authors demonstrate that...

Credit Risk Measurement in the Context of Basel II -- Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios and Its Treatment Under Basel II -- Model-Based Measurement of Name Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios -- Model-Based Measurement of Sector Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios -- Conclusion

This textbook deals with money markets and capital markets along with the management of retirement portfolios. It places a particular focus on interest rate formation, interest rate structure, interest models, and the evaluation of interest-bearing securities