Multi asset class investment strategy /

The book explains that instead of asset allocation being set in an isolated and arbitrary fashion, it is in fact the way in which specific hurdle investment returns can be targeted, and that this approach is already in use in the US (and has been for many years). It involves extended and detailed fi...

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Main Authors: Fraser-Sampson, Guy
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Wiley finance
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119209164
Summary: The book explains that instead of asset allocation being set in an isolated and arbitrary fashion, it is in fact the way in which specific hurdle investment returns can be targeted, and that this approach is already in use in the US (and has been for many years). It involves extended and detailed financial analysis of various asset class returns and proposes a five-asset class approach for future use. Opening with a study of the historic asset allocation practice of UK pension funds, the book shows how the current approach has led to the present funding crisis. It goes on to compare and cont
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119209164
1119209161
0470033894
9780470033890
Index Number: HG4529
CLC: F830.59
Contents: Investment strategy -- Multi asset class investing -- Risk -- How to define risk -- How to calculate risk -- Quoted equity -- Hedge funds -- Private equity -- Property -- LDI and portable alpha : rival strategies? -- Liquidity -- Portfolio performance.