Financial basics and intuition stresses the importance of investment horizon for risk management and asset allocation. However, the beta parameter of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is invariant to the holding period. Such contradiction is due to the assumption of long-term independence...

Whilst emphasis has been given to short-term dependence of financial returns, long-term dependence remains overlooked. Despite the fact than financial literature provides evidence of long-term memory existence, serial-independence assumption prevails. This document's long-term dependence...

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...