This book analyzes the segment of banking servicesthat focus on families and family-owned businesses, within the private banking business, by examining synergies among the various financial integrated activities and by offering ideas on how to develop new business opportunities. (JSD) Table of...

According to the often-cited CapCo study (2003) about hedge fund failures, 50% of the failures were driven by Operational Risk. Not only for hedge funds, but also for other asset management companies – such as private equity companies, family offices or independent asset managers - operational...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firm's net trade cycle, its size, and liquidity as a measure of efficiency in working capital management. The relation between the firm's net trade cycle and its liquidity is examined using Generalized Method of Moment System...

Since the conceptualization of bounded rationality, management scholars started investigating how people - managers and entrepreneurs - really make decisions within (and for) organizations. The aim of this eBook is to deeply investigate trends that have flourished within this pivotal research...

The 27th SUERF Colloquium in Munich in June 2008: New Trends in Asset Management: Exploring the Implications was already topical in the Summer of 2008. The subsequent dramatic events in the Autumn of 2008 made the presentations in Munich even more relevant to investors and bankers that want to...