Asset Management and Institutional Investors

Guido Abate is Assistant Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at University of Brescia, Italy, Department of Economics and Management.Ignazio Basile (editor) is Full Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at University of Brescia, Italy, Department of Economics and Management.Maria Debora Braga is Full Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at University of Valle d’Aosta, Department of Economics and Political Science, and Professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Pierpaolo Ferrari (editor) is Associate Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at University of Brescia, Department of Economics and Management, and Professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Roberto Savona is Associate Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at University of Brescia, Italy, Department of Economics and Management.

• Institutional Investors - Typologies, Roles and Products: Institutional Investors.- Collective Investment Vehicles and Other Asset Management Products.- Investment Management Policy: The Stages of Investment Management Policy.- Strategic Asset Allocation with Mean-Variance Optimisation.- Methods and Tools for Portfolio Selection.- Alternative Approaches to Traditional Mean-Variance Optimisation.- Performance Evaluation for Traditional Investment Portfolios: Performance Evaluation.- Returns-Based Style Analysis.- Performance Attribution.- Portfolio Diversification Towards Alternative Asset Classes: Portfolio Diversification Policies - Alternative Asset Classes.- Hedge Funds.- Hedge Fund Performance.- Private Equity.- Real Estate.- Commodities.- Currency Overlay Techniques.