The objectives of this research are to assess the returns, risks and correlation ofa mixed-asset portfolio, establish the role of real estate in a mixed-assetportfolio and suggest an appropriate real estate allocation in the South Africanpension fund industry. The issue of low real estate...

In order to achieve commercial banks liquidity, safety and profitability objective requirements, loan portfolio risk analysis based optimization decisions are rational allocation of assets. Â The risk analysis and asset allocation are the key technology of banking and risk management. Â The...

This thesis explores the role of emerging markets in investment portfolios. Could an investment portfolio consisting of emerging market securities have outperformed similar portfolios that did not contain emerging markets over recent years? Gathering data from January 1, 2009 to December 31,...

Unemployment has remained at relatively high levels across most European countries for a generation now. There have been a number of suggested explanations for this, with correspondingly different policy implications. Two of the major hypotheses relate, first, to the impact on the European...

Este estudo teve por objetivo verificar o desempenho econômico do Projeto de Assentamento Barra do Feijão localizado no município de Tabuleiro do Norte-CE no ano de 2005. Utilizou-se a renda como indicador de desempenho para atingir o objetivo proposto. Este indicador foi decomposto da mesma...

This paper has examined Pareto efficiency of household resources allocation and the appropriateness to use gender-specific models rather than unitary model while investigating economic performance ofmen and women managers of separate plots within horticultural households in Senegal, West...

The objective of this paper is to construct a framework for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level. Based on a literature review, partially conflicting economic-environmental trade-off paradigms are structured and five necessary conditions for...

The Czech Republic entered the crisis with relatively good starting conditions - showed no significant macroeconomic imbalances and financial system was not destabilized. However, the crisis has here also been and a decline in GDP in 2009 to 4.1% was mainly due to economic recession in the Euro...

This research report focuses on the impact of environmental management systems(EMS) on the economic performance of business enterprises with respect to the threeresearch variables, namely water, energy and raw materials. A systematic samplingtechnique with a random start and the K-Value sampling...

This paper describes and analysis the unique condition of Indonesian automotivesector. Indonesian automotive sector has been enjoying rapid annual export growthafter the economic crisis at the end of 90s. Actually, the import's value has been always higher than the export value. As almost of the...