The 27th SUERF Colloquium in Munich in June 2008: New Trends in Asset Management: Exploring the Implications was already topical in the Summer of 2008. The subsequent dramatic events in the Autumn of 2008 made the presentations in Munich even more relevant to investors and bankers that want to...

People spend days together in taking recommendation and studying various models making before purchasing a vehicle. This practice is however never replicated when it comes to making a financial investments entailing far reaching consequences.Since the last two decades, Indian economy has...

Unsystemic risks in financial markets may be reduced through diversification. Systemic risks relate to the overall economy, cannot be influenced by a single company, and require special attention. Empirical research on return distributions in the long-term shows that investing under the...

The investment in commodities is starting to be more important during the last years. The paper describes the characteristics of financially important commodities. In many cases a passive investment in an index is most suitable. As the GSCI is found to be the most important, its underlying...

This paper provides a review on machine learning methods applied to the asset management discipline. Firstly, we describe the theoretical background of both machine learning and finance that will be needed to understand the reviewed methods. Next, the main datasets and sources of data are...

Das Buch vermittelt dem Leser nach einer Einleitung (Kapitel 1) zunächst einen systematischen Überblick zu den aktuell existierenden Anlageklassen (Kapitel 2). Darauf aufbauend geht der Verfasser auf die Subjekte ein (Kapitel 3). Die Zusammenführung von Anlageobjekten und Subjekten führt zum...