Part I. The Status Quo of Robo-Advisory -- Chapter 1. Robo-Advisory: The Rise of the Investment Machines; Peter Scholz and Michael Tertilt -- Chapter 2. Situating Robo-Advisory; Sinan Krueckeberg -- Part II. The Implementation of Robo-Advisory -- Chapter 3. Risk Preferences of Investors; Monika...

1. What Constitutes Good Investment Research? -- 2. A Roadmap to Reading an Academic Article -- 3. Index Investing: It Makes Active Management Better -- 4. Factor Investing: Challenging the Market Index with Smart Beta Products -- 5. Multi-Asset Investing: Challenging the Industry Obsession with...

Introduction to the Economics of Securitazation -- Overview of Securitization and Securitized Products -- Overview of Loan Portfolio Analysis -- Incentives and the Economics of Securitization -- Problems with Securitization -- Structuring Securitized Bonds -- The Economics of Securitization...

1. Introduction to Alternative Investment Operations -- 2. Trade Operations: Execution, Settlement, and Reconciliation -- 3. Cash Management, Oversight, and Movement -- 4. Compliance Operations and Governance Considerations -- 5. The Role of Service Providers in Alternative Investment Operations...

Part I. International Investments -- Chapter 1. The Economics of the International Market; Chapter 2. Portfolio Theory and International Diversification -- Part II. Fundamentals of Exchange-Traded Funds -- Chapter 3. The Basics of Exchange-Traded Funds -- Chapter 4. The Operation and...

Introduction -- The Time Value of Money -- The Flat Yield Curve Concept -- The Internal Rate of Return for a Bond Portfolio -- The Term Structure of Interest Rate -- Spread Analysis -- Different Fixed Income Instruments -- Fixed-Income Benchmarks -- Convertible -- Multi Currency Portfolio --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Active Vs. Passive Management -- 3. Fund Size: Why is it Important? -- 4. Performance Measures and Styles -- 5. Mutual Fund Flows -- 6. Ratings -- 7. Diversification -- 8. Persistence -- 9. Volatility -- 10. Conclusion.

1. Introduction -- 2. Summary Statistics -- 3. Paris Club Terms -- 4. Angola -- 5. Argentina -- 6. Azerbaijan -- 7. Barbados -- 8. Belarus -- 9. Belize -- 10. Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 11. Cameroon -- 12. Republic of Congo -- 13. Cote d'Ivoire -- 14. Cuba -- 15. Dominican Republic -- 16. Ecuador...

1. Wealth: How Much is "Enough" -- 2. Estate Planning: Defining and Protecting Your Legacy -- 3. Charitable Planning: Tools and Tactics for Giving Back -- 4. Business Succession: For When It's Time to Go -- 5. Asset Protection Planning: Prevention and Defense Against Assaults on Your Wealth --...

This book provides a preliminary attempt to understand the impact investors’ preferences and characteristics. It offers an empirical insight of the main features characterizing social risk of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and explores the correlation existing between social risk and financial...