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Portfolio Theory and Performance Analysis
Noel Amenc
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Description for Portfolio Theory and Performance Analysis
Hardcover. States that asset management is central to the development of financial industry throughout the world. This book covers conceptual developments of portfolio theory. It covers the importance of innovations with regard to the fundamental portfolio management questions. Series: Wiley Finance Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 696.
For many years asset management was considered to be a marginal activity, but today, it is central to the development of financial industry throughout the world. Asset management's transition from an "art and craft" to an industry has inevitably called integrated business models into question, favouring specialisation strategies based on cost optimisation and learning curve objectives. This book connects each of these major categories of techniques and practices to the unifying and seminal conceptual developments of modern portfolio theory.
For many years asset management was considered to be a marginal activity, but today, it is central to the development of financial industry throughout the world. Asset management's transition from an "art and craft" to an industry has inevitably called integrated business models into question, favouring specialisation strategies based on cost optimisation and learning curve objectives. This book connects each of these major categories of techniques and practices to the unifying and seminal conceptual developments of modern portfolio theory.
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- Allows the professionals, whether managers or investors, to take a step back and clearly separate true innovations from mere improvements to well-known, existing techniques
- Puts into context the importance of innovations with regard to the fundamental portfolio management questions, which are the evolution of the investment management process, risk analysis and performance measurement
- Takes the explicit or implicit assumptions contained in the promoted tools into account and, by so doing, evaluate the inherent interpretative or practical limits
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Finance Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470858745
SKU
V9780470858745
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99-50
About Noel Amenc
Noel Amenc is professor of finance at the Edhec Business School, where he is in charge of the Risk and Asset Management research centre. Noel is also associate editor of the Journal of Alternative Investments. He is the author of numerous publications in the domain of portfolio management, notably in the areas of asset allocation and performance measurement. He also ... Read more
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