"This book comprises the papers presented and discussed at the SAA conference, held 24-25 November 2008. It offers an exchange of views on technical and implemental issues of financial models relevant for strategic asset allocation"--Provided by publisher

Das Gutachten behandelt steuerliche Aspekte der Aktivitäten von Private-Equity-Fonds und Hedge-Fonds. Welche wirtschaftliche Rolle spielen sie?Braucht die deutsche Volkswirtschaft diese Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften etwa wegen Kapitalmangels? Und dann die zentrale Frage: Werden sie so...

We analyze the dispersion of month-end price marks simultaneously placed on identical corporate bonds by different US mutual fund managers before and after initiations of TRACE and introductions of issuers into Markit’s CDS database. Disseminated bonds show large and statistically significant...