Beschreibung:
This new edition offers a comprehensive review of the operations of the industry post-financial crisis, from a variety of perspectives. It presents a clear linkage between investment theory and concepts (the 'fundamentals') and the practical application of these concepts to the financial planning and advisory process.
Chapter 1. Introduction Part I Assets and investment returns Chapter 2. Securities markets and the investment assets Chapter 3. Investing in bonds Chapter 4. Investing in equities Chapter 5. Alternative assets Chapter 6. Historical investment returns Chapter 7. The real economy and the markets Chapter 8. Derivatives Part II Investment risk and capital market theory Chapter 9. Investment, investors and risk Chapter 10. Portfolio theory Chapter 11. Modelling prospective returns Part III Investment management in practice Chapter 12. Fund Management Chapter 13. Pension fund investment Chapter 14. Pension fund structures and regimes Chapter 15. The retail investor's choices Chapter 16. Performance measurement and style analysis