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A detailed, multi-disciplinary approach to investment analytics Portfolio Construction and Analytics provides an up-to-date understanding of the analytic investment process for students and professionals alike.

Collateralized Debt Obligations, Second Edition provides updated coverage of this exciting and profitable market and describes the various products in the collateral debt obligation area, from cash flow CDOs and market value CDOs to synthetic CDOs.

Praise for SYSTEMATIC INVESTING in CREDIT"Lev and QPS continue to shed light on the most important questions facing credit investors. This book focuses on their latest cutting-edge research into the appropriate role of credit as an asset class, the dynamics of credit benchmarks, and potential ways to benefit from equity information to construct effective credit portfolios. It is must-read material for all serious credit investors."--Richard Donick, President and Chief Risk Officer, DCI, LLC, USA"Lev Dynkin and his team continue to spoil us; this book is yet another example of intuitive, insightful, and pertinent research, which builds on the team's previous research. As such, the relationship with this team is one of the best lifetime learning experiences I have had."--Eduard van Gelderen, Chief Investment Officer, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Canada"The rise of a systematic approach in credit is a logical extension of the market's evolution and long overdue. Barclays QPS team does a great job of presenting its latest research in a practical manner."--David Horowitz, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Agilon Capital, USA"Systematization reduces human biases and wasteful reinventing of past solutions. It improves the chances of investing success. This book, by a team of experts, shows you the way. You will gain insights into the advanced methodologies of combining fundamental and market data. I recommend this book for all credit investors."--Lim Chow Kiat, Chief Executive Officer, GIC Asset Management, Singapore"For nearly two decades, QPS conducted extensive and sound research to help investors meet industry challenges. The proprietary research in this volume gives a global overview of cutting-edge developments in alpha generation for credit investors, from signal extraction and ESG considerations to portfolio implementation. The book blazes a trail for enhanced risk adjusted returns by exploring the cross-asset relation between stocks and bonds and adding relevant information for credit portfolio construction. Our core belief at Ostrum AM, is that a robust quantamental approach, yields superior investment outcomes. Indeed, this book is a valuable read for the savvy investor."--Ibrahima Kobar, CFA, Global Chief Investment Officer, Ostrum AM, France"This book offers a highly engaging account of the current work by the Barclays QPS Group. It is a fascinating mix of original ideas, rigorous analytical techniques, and fundamental insights informed by a long history of frontline work in this area. This is a must-read from the long-time leaders in the field."--Professor Leonid Kogan, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Professor of Management and Finance, MIT"This book provides corporate bond portfolio managers with an abundance of relevant, comprehensive, data-driven research for the implementation of superior investment performance strategies."--Professor Stanley J. Kon, Editor, Journal of Fixed income"This book is a treasure trove for both pension investors and trustees seeking to improve performance through credit. It provides a wealth of empirical evidence to guide long-term allocation to credit, optimize portfolio construction and harvest returns from systematic credit factors. By extending their research to ESG ratings, the authors also provide timely insights in the expanding field of sustainable finance."--Eloy Lindeijer, former Chief of Investment Management, PGGM, Netherlands"Over more than a decade, Lev Dynkin and his QPS team has provided me and APG with numerous innovative insights in credit markets. Their work gave us valuable quantitative substantiation of some of our investment beliefs. This book covers new and under-researched areas of our markets, like ESG and factor investing, next to the rigorous and practical work akin to the earlier work of the group. I'd say read this book--and learn from one of the best."--Herman Slooijer, Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income, APG Asset Management, Netherlands

A comprehensive look at how probability and statistics is applied to the investment process Finance has become increasingly more quantitative, drawing on techniques in probability and statistics that many finance practitioners have not had exposure to before.

The Handbook of European Fixed Income Marketspresents extensive and in-depth coverage of every aspect of the European fixed income markets and their derivatives. This book will cover both developed markets such as the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Holland, as well as emerging markets in Eastern Europe.

Active Equity Portfolio Management provides an overview of the philosophies, methodologies, and strategies involved in attempting to beat the market. The book covers a host of relevant topics including equity benchmarks, equity style management, tactical asset allocation, and the use of derivatives to enhance returns. The contributors include top professionals from leading Wall Street firms, as well as top academics.

This innovative collection, written by securitization professionals and edited by finance guru Frank Fabozzi, thoroughly explains the basics and the mechanics of securitization and shows how securitization can help more institutions offer innovative fixed-income products. Further, it discusses the effects of the capital markets on securitization and helps financial professionals decide whether or not to securitize. Filled with strategies and techniques, financial professionals will learn how to use float asset-backed offerings and how to hedge against risk and default.

Examining the intricacies of real estate investing, this title offers readers with the necessary tools used by financial professionals to evaluate the opportunities in the growing real estate market.

Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios discusses discusses how to create a portfolio that will replicate or out-perform a corporate bond benchmark, while assessing the risk of various bonds held in that particular portfolio.

Many investment books include a chapter or two on investment performance measurement or focus on a single aspect, but only one book addresses the breadth of the field. Investment Performance Measurement is a comprehensive guide that covers the subjects of performance and risk calculation, attribution, presentation, and interpretation.

Advanced Fixed Income Analytics helps fixed income professionals stay abreast of the latest developments in the field by providing a practical account of quantitative methods in the fixed income market. Wesley Phoa covers a variety of important topics within the bond markets, including inflationΓÇôindexed bonds, prepayment risk and modeling, term structure models, credit spread and volatility risk, and risk measures and return attribution. The information and guidance of Advanced Fixed Income Analytics has a strong emphasis on empirical analysis and practical applications that will prepare you for anything within the fixed income market.

A bridge between the highly technical theory of the statistical distribution of asset returns and real-world applications for portfolio and risk management While mainstream theories and concepts assume that asset returns are normally distributed, empirical evidence shows otherwise.

Duration, Convexity and other Bond Risk Measures offers the most comprehensive coverage of bond risk measures available. Financial expert Frank Fabozzi walks you through every aspect of bond risk measures from the price volatility characteristics of option-free bonds and bonds with embedded options to the proper method for calculating duration and convexity. Whether you're a novice trader or experienced money manager, if you need to understand the interest rate risk of a portfolio Duration, Convexity and other Bond Risk Measures is the only book you'll need.

For the efficient functioning of a capital market it is necessary for market participants to be able to borrow securities and finance the acquisition of securities. The vehicles for doing so include repurchase agreements, securities lending agreements, and derivatives.

Indexing, Structured, and Active Bond Portfolio Management is a new and comprehensive fixed income book focused on the implementation of fixed income strategy. Key analytical concepts are tied to implementation through the use of data services such as Bloomberg.

An inside look at modern approaches to modeling equity portfolios Financial Modeling of the Equity Market is the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to modeling equity portfolios. The book is intended for a wide range of quantitative analysts, practitioners, and students of finance.

Crucial methods, tactics and tools for successful pension fund managementAchieving Investment Excellence offers trustees and asset managers a comprehensive handbook for improving the quality of their investments. With a stated goal of substantially and sustainably improving annual returns, this book clarifies and demystifies important concepts surrounding trustee duties and responsibilities, investment strategies, analysis, evaluation and much more.Low interest rates are making the high cost of future pension payouts fraught with tension, even as the time and knowledge required to manage these funds appropriately increases -- it is no wonder that pensions are increasingly seen as a financial liability. Now more than ever, it is critical that trustees understand exactly what contributes to investment success -- and what detracts from it. This book details the roles, the tools and the strategies that make pension funds pay off.* Understand the role of pension funds and the fiduciary duty of trustees* Learn the tools and kills you need to build profound and lasting investment excellence* Analyse, diagnose and improve investment quality of funds using concrete tools and instruments* Study illustrative examples that demonstrate critical implementation and execution advicePacked with expert insight, crucial tools and real-life examples, this book is an important resource for those tasked with governing these. Achieving Investment Excellence provides the expert insight, clear guidance and key wisdom you need to manage these funds successfully.

Created by the experienced author team of Frank Fabozzi, Henry Davis, and Moorad Choudhry, Introduction to Structured Finance examines the essential elements of this discipline.

In Bond Portfolio Management, Frank Fabozzi, the leading expert in fixed income securities, explains the latest strategies for maximizing bond portfolio returns. Through in-depth discussions on different types of bonds, valuation principles, and a wide range of strategies, Bond Portfolio Management will prepare you for virtually any bond related event-whether your working on a pension fund or at an insurance company. Key topics include investment objectives of institutional investors, general principles of bond valuation, measuring interest rate risk, and evaluating performance. Bond Portfolio Management is an excellent resource for anyone looking to master one of the world's largest markets, and is a perfect companion to Fabozzi's successful guide-The Handbook of Fixed-Income Securities.

Trends come and go, but the shortest path to capital growth is through the fundamental tenets of value. This book applies research and discoveries in finance to time-tested techniques for estimating return based on economic profit and more.

An informative guide to selecting and evaluating external investment professionals This book-one of the very few of its kind-is an invaluable aid to trustees of pension plans, endowments, and trusts who seek to chart and navigate courses for governing and overseeing the investment of the trillions of dollars under their care.

The fastest growing sector of the fixed income market is the market for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). Subsequent to the publication of Collateralized Debt Obligations, Second Edition, there have been a number of market developments that the participants in the CDO market need to understand.

Real Estate-Backed Securities provides todays most concise yet comprehensive understanding of passive real estate investing. Issues discussed include agency passthrough securities and mortgage strips, agency collateralized mortgage obligations, nonagency residential MBS, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and more.

Financial econometrics is a quest for models that describe financial time series such as prices, returns, interest rates, and exchange rates. In Financial Econometrics, readers will be introduced to this growing discipline and the concepts and theories associated with it, including background material on probability theory and statistics.

Filled with the insights of numerous experienced contributors, Structured Products and Related Credit Derivatives takes a detailed look at the various aspects of structured assets and credit derivatives.

In 1952, Harry Markowitz published "Portfolio Selection," a paper which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. The paper proposed that, in selecting investments, the investor should consider both expected return and variability of return on the portfolio as a whole. Portfolios that minimized variance for a given expected return were demonstrated to be the most efficient. Markowitz formulated the full solution of the general mean-variance efficient set problem in 1956 and presented it in the appendix to his 1959 book, Portfolio Selection. Though certain special cases of the general model have become widely known, both in academia and among managers of large institutional portfolios, the characteristics of the general solution were not presented in finance books for students at any level. And although the results of the general solution are used in a few advanced portfolio optimization programs, the solution to the general problem should not be seen merely as a computing procedure. It is a body of propositions and formulas concerning the shapes and properties of mean-variance efficient sets with implications for financial theory and practice beyond those of widely known cases. The purpose of the present book, originally published in 1987, is to present a comprehensive and accessible account of the general mean-variance portfolio analysis, and to illustrate its usefulness in the practice of portfolio management and the theory of capital markets. The portfolio selection program in Part IV of the 1987 edition has been updated and contains exercises and solutions.

Bayesian Methods in Finance explains and illustrates the foundations of the Bayesian methodology in clear and accessible terms. It provides a unified examination of the use of the Bayesian theory and practice to analyze and evaluate asset management.

Introduction to Securitization is intended as an easy-to-comprehend first guide to securitization, addressing applications of this technology to mortgages, collateralized debt obligations, future flows, credit cards, auto loans, etc.

Filled with a comprehensive collection of information from experts in the commodity investment industry, this detailed guide shows readers how to successfully incorporate commodities into their portfolios.

This groundbreaking book extends traditional approaches of risk measurement and portfolio optimization by combining distributional models with risk or performance measures into one framework.