This paper presents information on institutional investorsí and investment consultantsí attitudes towards and their performance assumptions for the alternative asset classes, property, and the mainstream markets. It also gives estimates of UK institutional exposures to these asset classes....

The determination of the values of stocks, bonds, options, futures, and derivatives is done by the scientific process of asset pricing, which has developed dramatically in the last few years due to advances in financial theory and econometrics. This book covers the science of asset pricing by...

Front Cover -- The Analytics of Risk Model Validation -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the editors -- About the contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Determinants of small business default -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data, methodology and summary statistics -- 3. Empirical...