"This edited volume contains essential readings for financial analysts and market practitioners working at Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds. It presents the reader with state-of-the-art methods that are directly implementable, and industry 'best-practices' as followed by leading institutions in their field"--Provided by publisher
This edited volume comprises some of the papers (those on the themes of reserves management and sovereign wealth fund management) which were presented at the November 2008 conference on Strategic Asset Allocation for Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Managers, held jointly by the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank and the World Bank. € The contributions€herein present state-of-the-art techniques for the implementation of strategic asset allocation approaches in public organizations.€ They are, €however, €not only limited to the traditional central banking world but have a much greater coverage and reach, exemplified by the contributions from leading institutions in the financial sector.€ Collectively, these papers present a first attempt to formulate an industry standard for methods and techniques relevant for public investors working in the areas of reserves management and asset modelling.€ Concrete and directly useful, this book belongs on the shelf of every financial analyst and modeller working in the public wealth-management arena.
This book is an edited collection of some of the papers from the November 2008 conference on Strategic Asset Allocation for Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Managers, held jointly by the Bank for International Settlements, The European Central Bank and the World Bank. It presents practical and easily implementable, state-of-the-art methods and techniques for strategic asset allocation in public organisations, not only in central banking but also in the wider financial sector. Collectively, these papers present the current 'industry standard' and outline 'best practices' in the areas of: interest rate management and forecasting; public investor portfolio optimization methods; asset class modeling and quantitative techniques. The book closes the gap in the finance literature on how to implement and support long-term investment decisions. It belongs on the shelf of every financial analyst and modeller working in public wealth-management.
"This book comprises the papers presented and discussed at the SAA conference, held 24-25 November 2008. It offers an exchange of views on technical and implemental issues of financial models relevant for strategic asset allocation"--Provided by publisher