Asset Management and Institutional Investors

Editors: Basile, Ignazio, Ferrari, Pierpaolo (Eds.)
Allows readers to understand both theory and practice of asset management
Offers deep insights into investment policies
Includes a detailed analysis of the Black and Litterman asset allocation model

This book analyses investment management policies for institutional investors. It is composed of four parts. The first one analyses the various types of institutional investors, institutions which, with different objectives, professionally manage portfolios of financial and real assets on behalf of a wide variety of individuals. This part goes on with an in-depth analysis of the economic, technical and regulatory characteristics of the different types of investment funds and of other types of asset management products, which have a high rate of substitutability with investment funds and represent their natural competitors. The second part of the book identifies and investigates the stages of the investment portfolio management. Given the importance of strategic asset allocation in explaining the ex post performance of any type of investment portfolio, this part provides an in-depth analysis of asset allocation methods, illustrating the different theoretical and operational solutions available to institutional investors. The third part describes performance assessment, its breakdown and risk control, with an in-depth examination of performance evaluation techniques, returns-based style analysis approaches, and performance attribution models. Finally, the fourth part deals with the subject of diversification into alternative asset classes, identifying the common characteristics and their possible role within the framework of investment management policies. This part analyses hedge funds, private equity, real estate, commodities, and currency overlay techniques.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
24 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics
Investments and Securities
Business Finance
Quantitative Finance
Risk Management
Capital Markets



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