To many people, the terror of falling share prices is often significant, often more so than the pleasure of gains. Accordingly, investors often want to minimize downside volatility as a part of their portfolio planning. Investors already have several tools to measure downside volatility,...

This text explores the current state of the art in quantitative investment management across seven key areas. Chapters by academics and practitioners working in leading investment management organizations bring together major theoretical and practical aspects of the field.

Increasingly, consultants for fund management firms care about the riskiness of fund managers’ investment strategies. Fund managers themselves must care about the riskiness of their investment strategies vis-a-vis the client’s specified benchmark