In our today culture, the availability of a quantitative measure is highly comforting, without to speak about the opportunity that such a quantitative measure represents within the framework of developing quantitative, descriptive models, in the financial, economic or any other field. However,...

The traditional ex post risk measure associated to a portfolio, a fund or a market performance, is the standard deviation of a series of past returns, called volatility. We propose an alternative risk measure, that turns out to better quantify the risk actually supported by an investor or asset...

The book aims to prioritise what needs mastering and presents the content in the most understandable, concise and pedagogical way illustrated by real market examples. Given the variety and the complexity of the materials the book covers, the author sorts through a vast array of topics in a...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- FIRST Part - The UCITS directives -- Chapter I. UCITS - a short history -- Chapter II. Key Statistics -- II.1 Global and European key figures -- II.2 Luxembourg key figures -- Chapter III. The legal set-up -- III.1 Law-making process (EU Directives and...