This dissertation studies the following issues: the presence of non-normal distribution features and the significance of higher order moments, the tradeoff between risk and return, and the dynamic conditional correlation between stock returns and bond returns. These issues are structured into...

We critically examine how evidence and knowledge are brokered between the various actors (agents) in regulatory decisions on risk. Following a précis of context and regulatory process, we explore the role power and personality might play as evidence is synthesised and used to inform risk...