This book covers the latest advances in the theory and practice of public investment management. It includes the most up-to-date developments in the implementation of public asset management - including multiple contributions on portfolio allocation in varying interest-rate and credit-risk...

Despite popular belief, bond and stock investors are not opposites. Stock investors can apply bond strategies to safeguard returns. And bond investors can do better using a stock selection strategy designed to improve the portfolio's income distribution. This book will teach you to look at...

Institutional Investors - Typologies, Roles and Products: Institutional Investors -- Collective Investment Vehicles and Other Asset Management Products -- Investment Management Policy: The Stages of Investment Management Policy -- Strategic Asset Allocation with Mean-Variance Optimisation --...

Introduction; Stephen Satchell -- 1) Performance of UK equity unit trusts; G Quigley and R A Sinquefield -- 2) A demystification of the Black–Litterman model: Managing quantitative and traditional portfolio construction; S Satchell and A Scowcroft -- 3) Tracking error: Ex ante versus ex post...

The meaning of wealth has become one of the least understood concepts of our time. Whether you desire wealth, have wealth, or wish to redistribute wealth, the roadmaps to success have been painted over by outdated financial models, politically charged rhetoric, and the mistaken belief that at...

This book presents new approaches to fixed income modeling and portfolio management techniques. Taking into account the latest mathematical and econometric developments in finance, it analyzes the hedging securities and structured instruments that are offered by banks, since recent research in...

Following the Great Financial Crisis, the S&P 500 advanced more than 17 percent annualized from February 2009 through June 2018. At this pace, a buy-and-hold investor in the stock market would see their money double in 5 years and more than triple in 7 years. This performance has lulled many...

Fabian Schnell develops a model indicating that by keeping real interest rates too low, monetary policy can distort the allocation of resources across firms and potentially delay economic recovery after a recession. This is a new channel of monetary policy that is especially relevant in view of...

Historical Changes of the Japanese Economy -- Recovery Period (Reforms, Social and Political Changes, and Economic Policy) -- Rapid Economic Growth -- Results of the Rapid Economic Growth: Positive Effects -- Results of the Rapid Economic Growth: Negative Effects or Distortions -- Bubble Economy...

Einführung -- Der Zielkonflikt als strategisches Dreieck -- Peter Gessner — ein Pionier des Versicherungswesens -- Werte schaffen -- Versicherungen zu Werten führen -- Wertorientierte Steuerungsansätze in Versicherungsunternehmen -- Intellektuelles Kapital — ein Modell zum Management...