... Euphron Lampis Midas Moschion Phormion Xenon Zenothemis brothel citizen investment land ownership lending Demosthenes risk and return women metics freed slaves slaves This chapter addresses manufacturing from the point of view of the participants. First it will be useful to summarize...

..., for the first time, a comparison of Japanese groups and corporate groups in other developed and developing countries. The main conclusion emerging from this comparison is that Japanese groups, while similar to groups elsewhere in some respects, are different in their risk and return characteristics. The third...

... the positive effect of diversification on the risk/return profile of portfolios and how to measure the skills of portfolio managers in security selection and the passive replication of risk-adjusted return of indexes. An overview is provided of the asset class universe and various management styles, the way...

... upon retirement in many previous studies. Life annuity basically represents a class of financial assets with its own unique risk and return features. The key logic in the chapter is that the uncertainty in uninsured health expenses generally leads to precautionary savings, and rational households...

..., and risk and return profiles. It then discusses the emerging market structure of impact investing and give an account of the important role of policy in shaping and supporting the field. The chapter then moves on to consider future directions, opportunities, and challenges. The arguments and analyses...

...This article begins with a review of what is known about the impact of diversification on the risk and return of US financial institutions. The second section examines potential explanations for why banks diversify at all. The third section reviews the empirical literature that investigates...

... long the individual will live; (2) return with risk-adjusted measures: while there is no widespread agreement on how best to measure investment performance, we believe both risk and return should be measured as quantiles rather than, for example, as expected values; (3) volatility: volatile...

... investors can implement without needing additional capital. LIETFs are controversial due to their complex mechanics and path-dependent returns. This chapter explores the current regulatory landscape surrounding LIETFs and their characteristics including risk and return and also discusses their potential...

..., and steps in mutual fund portfolio construction such as screening funds that meet desired characteristics, determining the investors’ risk tolerance, assessing historical risk and return, evaluating the benefits of diversification, and adjusting risk to optimize an investor’s utility. Once the portfolio...

... strategy solutions liability valuation and hedging strategy liquidity management risk-adjusted return stress test/back testing The objective of this book is to show how asset and liability management (ALM) of pension funds and the building blocks work and contribute to achieving what every trustee...

...The chapter explores how far existing tools and framework for calculating risk and return parameters in mainstream finance can be applied to modelling the likely social returns to a given allocation of capital. After considering risk and return in mainstream finance the chapter...