chapter Introduction to Quantitative Fund Management -- chapter 1 Trends in Quantitative Equity Management -- chapter 2 Portfolio Optimization under the Value-at-Risk Constraint -- chapter 3 Dynamic Consumption and Asset Allocation with Derivative Securities -- chapter 4 Volatility-Induced...

Risk-sharing investment is currently the buzz word in Islamic finance. This book introduces the legal tool in the form of a Shariah Investment Agreement that would allow for the execution of risk-sharing investment in Islamic finance. It details the building blocks and key considerations when...

Based on the typical positions of S&P 500 option market makers, we derive a funding illiquidity measure from quoted prices of S&P 500 derivatives. Our measure significantly affects the returns of leveraged managed portfolios; hedge funds with negative exposure to changes in funding illiquidity...