F.B.I. transformation : second microlocalization and semilinear caustics / Jean-Marc Delort

• Record Nr.: UNISA990000213320203316
• Autore: Delort, Jean-Marc
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin [etc.] : Springer-Verlag, copyr. 1992
• ISBN: 3-540-55764-4
• Descrizione fisica: 100 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
• Collana: Lecture notes in mathematics ; 1522
• Disciplina: 515723
• Collocazione: 510 LNM (1522)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

How useful is the information ratio to evaluate the performance of portfolio managers? [[electronic resource] /] / Christoph Schneider

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458668403321
• Autore: Schneider Christoph
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2010
• ISBN: 3-8366-3447-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (97 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.63; 332.632042
• Soggetti: Portfolio management - Evaluation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: How Useful is the Information Ratio to Evaluate the Performance of Portfolio Managers?; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; ; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Overview; 3 Data Description and Sources; 4 Empirical Study on Selected Performance Measures; 5 A Practical View on Performance Measurement; 6 Conclusion; List of References; Appendix
• Sommario/riassunto: The idea of comparing the performance of different risky investments, for example investment funds, on a quantitative basis dates back to the beginnings of the asset management industry and has been an important field of research in finance since then. Performance measures serve as valuable quantitative evidence for the portfolio manager's performance as well as for the evaluation of investment decisions ex post. Based on the idea of the capital asset pricing model proposed by Treynor, Sharpe and Lintner, Treynor developed the first quantitative performance measure intended to rate mutual fund

American Lawyers [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454630203321
• Autore: Abel Richard L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991
• ISBN: 1-280-44133-X; 0-19-802185-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Disciplina: 340/.023/73
• Soggetti: Lawyers; Practice of law; Practice of law - United States; Lawyers - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORIES OF THE PROFESSIONS; 3. CONTROLLING THE PRODUCTION OF LAWYERS; 4. THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTROLLING ENTRY; 5. RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES: CONTROLLING PRODUCTION BY PRODUCERS; 6. DEMAND CREATION: A NEW STRATEGY ; IN THE PROFESSIONAL PROJECT?; 7. SELF-REGULATION; 8. HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE PROFESSIONAL PROJECT?; 9. DIFFERENTIATION WITHIN THE LEGAL PROFESSION; 10. REPRODUCING THE PROFESSION; 11. THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION; TABLES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants. Abel describes the rise and fall of restrictive practices that dampened competition among lawyers and with outsiders. He shows how lawyers simultaneously sought to increase access to justice while stimulating demand for services, and their efforts to regulate themselves while forestalling external control. Data on income and status illuminate the success of these efforts. Charting the dramatic transformation of the