"This book's primary objective is to educate aspiring finance professionals about mathematics and computation in the context of financial derivatives. The authors offer a balance of traditional coverage and technology to fill the void between highly mathematical books and broad finance books....

Intro -- Alternative Investments -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- PART 1 Asset Allocation and Institutional Investors -- 1 Asset Allocation Processes and the Mean-Variance Model -- 1.1 Importance of Asset Allocation -- 1.2 The Five Steps of the Asset Allocation...