Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach by Bob Litterman (English)

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Modern Investment Management by Bob Litterman, Quantitative Resources Group Investing is a difficult and challenging process. There are many ways for institutional and high net worth individual investors to perform poorly, either through mistakes or simple bad luck. Fortunately for investors, progress has been made in both the theory and the practice of investment management. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Introduces the modern investment management techniques used by Goldman Sachs asset management to a broad range of institutional and sophisticated investors. * Along with Fischer Black, Bob Litterman created the Black-Litterman asset allocation model, one of the most widely respected and used asset allocation models deployed by institutional investors. * Litterman and his asset management group are often a driving force behind the asset allocation and investment decision-making of the worlds largest 100 pension funds. Back Cover PRAISE FOR Modern Investment Management "This powerful book brilliantly discovers the routes to superior investment results in the roots of economic theory. In the process, it combines elegance of presentation with the highest levels of lucidity. The authors offer lessons that neither the scholar nor the investor-in-action can afford to ignore." -- Peter Bernstein, bestselling author of Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street and Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk "In Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach, Bob Litterman and his colleagues at Goldman Sachs Asset Management provide the reader with a gentle introduction to modern financial theory and a survey of their own monumental contributions to theory and practice. The role of the late Fischer Black is amply noted." -- Harry M. Markowitz, 1990 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics "This comprehensive guide to equilibrium investing is perhaps the finest demonstration of the relevance of financial theory to investment practice. Both the academy and industry owe a huge debt to this exceptionally talented team for reuniting their paths. Study this book carefully and keep it close at hand if you are serious about investing or teaching about it." -- Mark Kritzman, Managing Partner, Windham Capital Management Boston and Research Director, The Research Foundation of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) "This book develops a powerful framework for making better investment decisions. The equilibrium approach frees you up to focus on what you know, without being blinded by what you dont know." -- Andre Perold, Professor, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Director Harvard Business School "An invaluable investment manual ably supported by the highest-quality financial theory, but well peppered with common sense. The fund manager and the institutional investor ignore this book at their peril. It will be a key reference book for our pension plan." -- David Morgan, Chief Executive, Coal Pension Trustees Services Ltd. "This novel and ambitious book breaks new ground in demonstrating how modern investment theory can be refined and adapted to practice. The authors experience as investment professionals in a sophisticated institutional setting lends much credibility to their skillful blending of rigorous analysis, intuition, and real-world application." -- Robert F. Stambaugh, Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Finance The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Flap There are many approaches to investing, but for Bob Litterman and Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Quantitative Resources Group, the equilibrium approach has been the most rewarding. In any dynamic system, equilibrium is an idealized point where forces are perfectly balanced. In economics, equilibrium refers to a state of the world where supply equals demand. And although perfect equilibrium is never actually reached in financial markets, this modern investment framework provides guidance for informed investment decisions in a world where random shocks constantly create new opportunities. Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach outlines the modern investment theory used by the Quantitative Resources Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management to achieve strong, consistent investment returns. Through in-depth analysis and expert advice, you’ll learn how the insights of an equilibrium framework help you to structure a portfolio that maximizes expected returns within a limited risk budget. You’ll also learn how to identify and take advantage of deviations from equilibrium. Tremendous progress has been made in both the theory and the practice of investment management over the past fifty years, and our understanding of the science of market equilibrium and of portfolio theory has developed with it. Through six information-rich sections, Modern Investment Management will show you how to understand these changes and how to implement them in your own investment endeavors. Part One presents a simple, practical introduction to the theory of investment management that has been developed in academic institutions over time Part Two focuses on the problems faced in the largest institutional portfolios Part Three discusses the various aspects of risk, from defining a risk budget to estimating covariance matrices Part Four looks at traditional asset classes such as equities and bonds, as well as the challenge of manager selection Part Five considers nontraditional investments such as currency and other overlay strategies, hedge funds, and private equity Part Six explores the particular prob-lems of private investors, such as tax considerations and estate planning Today, you have an opportunity to invest more intelligently than previous generations of investors. The possibilities of creating a portfolio that will deliver consistent, high-quality returns are better than you may think. With Modern Investment Management as your guide, you’ll quickly learn how this can be accomplished. Author Biography BOB LITTERMAN is Managing Director and Head of Goldman Sachs Asset Managements Quantitative Resources Group. Bob is the codeveloper, along with the late Fischer Black, of the Black-Litterman Global Asset Allocation Model. As the head of the Quantitative Resources Group, Bob oversees two portfolio management teams, Quantitative Equities and Quantitative Strategies, a research and strategy team, Global Investment Strategies, and a risk modeling group called PACE (Portfolio Analysis and Construction Environment). Together, these groups include over ninety professionals and manage over $45 billion in assets as of December 31, 2002. Table of Contents PART ONE: THEORY. Chapter 1. Introduction: Why and Equilibrium Approach? (B. Litterman). Chapter 2. The Insights of Modern Portfolio Theory (B. Litterman). Chapter 3. Risk Measurement (B. Litterman). Chapter 4. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (B. Litterman). Chapter 5. The Equity Risk Premium (M. Carhart & K. Winkelmann). Chapter 6. Global Equilibrium Expected Returns (B. Litterman). Chapter 7. Beyond Equilibrium, the Black-Litterman Approach (B. Litterman). PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS. Chapter 8. The Market Portfolio (R. Bandourian & K. Winkelmann). Chapter 9. Issues in Strategic Asset Allocation (K. Winkelmann). Chapter 10. Strategic Asset Allocation in the Presence of Uncertain Liabilities (R. Howard & Y. Lax). Chapter 11. International Diversification and Currency Hedging (B. Litterman). Chapter 12. The Value of Uncorrelated Sources of Return (B. Litterman). PART THREE: RISK BUDGETING. Chapter 13. Developing an Optimal Active Risk Budget (B. Litterman). Chapter 14. Budgeting Risk Along the Active Risk Spectrum (A. Alford, et al.). Chapter 15. Risk Management and Risk Budgeting at the Total Fund Level (J. Gottlieb). Chapter 16. Covariance Matrix Estimation (G. De Santis, et al.). Chapter 17. Risk Monitoring and Performance Management (J. Rosengarten & P. Zangari). Chapter 18. The Need for Independent Valuation (J. Mittaz). Chapter 19. Performance Attribution (P. Zangari). Chapter 20. Equity Risk Factor Models (P. Zangari). PART FOUR: TRADITIONAL INVESTMENTS. Chapter 21. An Asset-Management Approach to Manager Selection (D. Ben-Ur & C. Vella). Chapter 22. Investment Program Implementation: Realities and Best Practices (J. Kramer). Chapter 23. Equity Portfolio Management (A. Alford, et al.). Chapter 24. Fixed Income Risk and Return (J. Beinner). PART FIVE: ALTERNATIVE ASSET CLASSES. Chapter 25. Global Tactical Asset Allocation (M. Carhart). Chapter 26. Strategic Asset Allocation and Hedge Funds (K.Winkelmann, et al.). Chapter 27. Managing a Portfolio of Hedge Funds (K. Clark). Chapter 28. Investing in Private Equity (B. Griffiths). PART SIX: PRIVATE WEALTH. Chapter 29. Investing for Real After-Tax Results (D.Mulvihill). Chapter 30. Real, After-Tax Returns of US Stocks, Bonds and Bills, 1926 through 2001 (D.Mulvihill). Chapter 31. Asset Allocation and Location (D.Mulvihill). Chapter 32. Equity Portfolio Structure (D.Mulvihill). Bibliography. Index. Review "... valuable resource for any market practitioners interested in or working in the asset management field... one of the better books." (Risk, April 2004) With names ranging from Alford to Zangari, but led by Bob Litterman, an academy of 23 authors has produced the 600-page Goldman Sachs Asset Management textbook entitled Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach*. This is a state-of-the-art exposition of modern investment techniques, full of brilliant analysis but oddly detached from the real world. A briefcase-busting volume may be an unusual marketing tool to distribute to clients, but GSAMs focus is conventional enough. After all, US pension plans have a daunting problem: their sponsors are typically projecting 9 per cent investment returns even though the risk-free US Treasury bond yield has recently been below 4 per cent (though it is now rising quite fast). Even GSAM does not think the equity risk premium is more than 3.5 per cent (and many others say it is much less). So where can a 9 per cent expectation come from, other than the end of a rainbow? One response would be to cut the targeted return to, say, 6 per cent, which could be achieved through a reasonably cautious mix of bonds and equities. But such a capitulation would plunge many pension plans into serious deficit, and force sharp rises in contributions. Companies like General Motors would not be able to borrow on the bond market and invest the proceeds in securities at a "profit". Enter GSAM with an array of active risk opportunities, information ratio assumptions and derivatives strategies. Uncorrelated hedge funds and private equity products add alpha, while interest rate and currency overlays can contribute extra return while hedging liability risks. This is the world of "active alpha" - the return generated by active deviations from the benchmark as distinct from beta, the market return. The positive appeal lies is in GSAMs treatment of risk. In todays markets, fund managers can only outperform if they accept an appropriate amount of risk: not too much, not too little. This applies across the spectrum from asset allocators to specialist portfolio managers. Investors, however, tend to be apprehensive about the dependence of the sophisticated investment theories on historical data. In a crisis, these can malfunction badly. A "three standard deviation event" - which, mathematically, is supposed to be almost impossible - is, in fact, all too common. Moreover, GSAM appears to inhabit an unreal world where the information ratio - the active return per unit of active risk - is 0.75 and a higher active risk therefore reliably generates higher returns. This is fine if the investors consistently select brilliant fund managers. But, in the real world, the average information ratio is zero (or negative, after costs) and portfolio risk is hard to measure with precision over any length of time. There is a problem of lack of scalability too. "The best hedge funds are closed," admits GSAM. Managers of niche funds can select unusually profitable opportunities in inefficient markets (Japanese small cap equities being an oft-quoted example). Moreover, alpha can then be "ported" into a mainstream asset class, using derivatives. But it is unlikely that big pension plans can thread their way nimbly through such investment minefields without triggering explosions. What GSAM is in effect saying is that simple investment in mainstream equities and bonds is not going to generate the required returns. In particular, the soft option of index-tracking, which has been adopted by so many pension funds and other institutional investors, is a trap. The age of risk and skill is here. There is little or nothing here about economic fundamentals, corporate governance or costs, the kind of subjects which dominate conventional investment committee meetings. Fans of Warren Buffett definitely need not apply, although Bob Litterman observes that "there might be a little bit of extra reward for those armed with the most thorough, efficient and disciplined investment processes, even though competition will certainly quickly eliminate most such opportunities". For Goldman Sachs, the attractions of active alpha are crystal clear. But although some investors may be ready to move along the quantative route, many pension fund trustees will wonder whether the game is becoming too hazardous and opaque. (Financial Times, September 29, 2003) "...this is a state of the art exposition of modern investment techniques, full of brilliant analysis..." (Financial Times (FTfm)) "...the book explains some investment management techniques used by GSAM..." (Pensions Management, October 2003) "...The strength of this book is its technical rigour..." (Investment and Pensions Europe, November 2003) Long Description PRAISE FOR Modern Investment Management "This powerful book brilliantly discovers the routes to superior investment results in the roots of economic theory. In the process, it combines elegance of presentation with the highest levels of lucidity. The authors offer lessons that neither the scholar nor the investor-in-action can afford to ignore." -- Peter Bernstein, bestselling author of Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street and Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk "In Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach, Bob Litterman and his colleagues at Goldman Sachs Asset Management provide the reader with a gentle introduction to modern financial theory and a survey of their own monumental contributions to theory and practice. The role of the late Fischer Black is amply noted." -- Harry M. Markowitz, 1990 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics "This comprehensive guide to equilibrium investing is perhaps the finest demonstration of the relevance of financial theory to investment practice. Both the academy and industry owe a huge debt to this exceptionally talented team for reuniting their paths. Study this book carefully and keep it close at hand if you are serious about investing or teaching about it." -- Mark Kritzman, Managing Partner, Windham Capital Management Boston and Research Director, The Research Foundation of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) "This book develops a powerful framework for making better investment decisions. The equilibrium approach frees you up to focus on what you know, without being blinded by what you dont know." -- Andre Perold, Professor, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Director Harvard Business School "An invaluable investment manual ably supported by the highest-quality financial theory, but well peppered with common sense. The fund manager and the institutional investor ignore this book at their peril. It will be a key reference book for our pension plan." -- David Morgan, Chief Executive, Coal Pension Trustees Services Ltd. "This novel and ambitious book breaks new ground in demonstrating how modern investment theory can be refined and adapted to practice. The authors experience as investment professionals in a sophisticated institutional setting lends much credibility to their skillful blending of rigorous analysis, intuition, and real-world application." -- Robert F. Stambaugh, Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Finance The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Review Text ?? valuable resource for any market practitioners interested in or working in the asset management field... one of the better books.? (Risk, April 2004) With names ranging from Alford to Zangari, but led by Bob Litterman, an academy of 23 authors has produced the 600-page Goldman Sachs Asset Management textbook entitled Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach*. This is a state-of-the-art exposition of modern investment techniques, full of brilliant analysis but oddly detached from the real world. A briefcase-busting volume may be an unusual marketing tool to distribute to clients, but GSAMs focus is conventional enough. After all, US pension plans have a daunting problem: their sponsors are typically projecting 9 per cent investment returns even though the risk-free US Treasury bond yield has recently been below 4 per cent (though it is now rising quite fast). Even GSAM does not think the equity risk premium is more than 3.5 per cent (and many others say it is much less). So where can a 9 per cent expectation come from, other than the end of a rainbow? One response would be to cut the targeted return to, say, 6 per cent, which could be achieved through a reasonably cautious mix of bonds and equities. But such a capitulation would plunge many pension plans into serious deficit, and force sharp rises in contributions. Companies like General Motors would not be able to borrow on the bond market and invest the proceeds in securities at a "profit". Enter GSAM with an array of active risk opportunities, information ratio assumptions and derivatives strategies. Uncorrelated hedge funds and private equity products add alpha, while interest rate and currency overlays can contribute extra return while hedging liability risks. This is the world of "active alpha" - the return generated by active deviations from the benchmark as distinct from beta, the market return. The positive appeal lies is in GSAMs treatment of risk. In todays markets, fund managers can only outperform if they accept an appropriate amount of risk: not too much, not too little. This applies across the spectrum from asset allocators to specialist portfolio managers. Investors, however, tend to be apprehensive about the dependence of the sophisticated investment theories on historical data. In a crisis, these can malfunction badly. A "three standard deviation event" - which, mathematically, is supposed to be almost impossible - is, in fact, all too common. Moreover, GSAM appears to inhabit an unreal world where the information ratio - the active return per unit of active risk - is 0.75 and a higher active risk therefore reliably generates higher returns. This is fine if the investors consistently select brilliant fund managers. But, in the real world, the average information ratio is zero (or negative, after costs) and portfolio risk is hard to measure with precision over any length of time. There is a problem of lack of scalability too. "The best hedge funds are closed," admits GSAM. Managers of niche funds can select unusually profitable opportunities in inefficient markets (Japanese small cap equities being an oft-quoted example). Moreover, alpha can then be "ported" into a mainstream asset class, using derivatives. But it is unlikely that big pension plans can thread their way nimbly through such investment minefields without triggering explosions. What GSAM is in effect saying is that simple investment in mainstream equities and bonds is not going to generate the required returns. In particular, the soft option of index-tracking, which has been adopted by so many pension funds and other institutional investors, is a trap. The age of risk and skill is here. There is little or nothing here about economic fundamentals, corporate governance or costs, the kind of subjects which dominate conventional investment committee meetings. Fans of Warren Buffett definitely need not apply, although Bob Litterman observes that "there might be a little bit of extra reward for those armed with the most thorough, efficient and disciplined investment processes, even though competition will certainly quickly eliminate most such opportunities". For Goldman Sachs, the attractions of active alpha are crystal clear. But although some investors may be ready to move along the quantative route, many pension fund trustees will wonder whether the game is becoming too hazardous and opaque. (Financial Times, September 29, 2003) ??this is a state of the art exposition of modern investment techniques, full of brilliant analysis?? (Financial Times (FTfm)) ??the book explains some investment management techniques used by GSAM?? (Pensions Management, October 2003) ??The strength of this book is its technical rigour?? (Investment and Pensions Europe, November 2003) Review Quote "... valuable resource for any market practitioners interested in or working in the asset management field... one of the better books." ( Risk , April 2004) "a state-of-the-art exposition of modern investment techniques, full of brilliant analysis..." ( Financial Times , September 29, 2003) "...the book explains some investment management techniques used by GSAM..." ( Pensions Management, October 2003) "...The strength of this book is its technical rigour..." ( Investment and Pensions Europe , November 2003) Promotional "Headline" "... valuable resource for any market practitioners interested in or working in the asset management field... one of the better books." (Risk, April 2004)"a state-of-the-art exposition of modern investment techniques, full of brilliant analysis..." (Financial Times, September 29, 2003)"...the book explains some investment management techniques used by GSAM..." (Pensions Management, October 2003)"...The strength of this book is its technical rigour..." (Investment and Pensions Europe, November 2003) Feature Outlines the modern investment techniques and theories used by Goldman Sachs Asset Management to achieve superior investment returns. Discusses topics such as: modern portfolio theory, risk measurement, institutional applications, and much more. Author Bob Litterman helped create the Black-Litterman asset allocation model?one of the most widely respected and used asset allocation models deployed by institutional investors. Details ISBN0471124109 Author Quantitative Resources Group Language English ISBN-10 0471124109 ISBN-13 9780471124108 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 332.6 Year 2003 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Subtitle An Equilibrium Approach Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Short Title MODERN INVESTMENT MGMT Series Wiley Finance DOI 10.1604/9780471124108 Series Number 190 UK Release Date 2003-08-08 AU Release Date 2003-07-02 NZ Release Date 2003-07-02 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 2003-08-08 Illustrations Charts: 100 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 119 B&W, 0 Color Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2003-08-08 Pages 656 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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