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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019085903321

Autore

Fraser-Sampson Guy

Titolo

Multi asset class investment strategy / / Guy Fraser-Sampson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; [Hoboken, NJ], : J. Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

9786610519101

9781119209164

1119209161

9781280519109

128051910X

9780470033890

0470033894

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

The Wiley Finance Series

Disciplina

332.6

Soggetti

Portfolio management

Investment analysis

Institutional investments

Risk

Investments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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