Frontiers of Modern Asset Allocation

ISBN 10: 1118115066 / ISBN 13: 9781118115060

Published by Wiley, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Frontiers of Modern Asset Allocation
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118115066
• ISBN 13: 9781118115060
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Through a series of articles spanning over 15 years of research, Paul D. Kaplan, who developed the methodologies behind the Morningstar Rating™ and the Morningstar Style Box™ tackles the issues investors face when they attempt to put the concepts of asset allocation into practice, among them:

    * How should the asset classes be defined? Should equities be divided into asset classes based on investment style, geography, or other factors?
    * Should asset classes be represented by market-cap-weighted indexes or should other principles, such as fundamental weights, be used?
    * How do actively managed funds fit into  asset-class mixes?

Kaplan also interviews the intellectuals who have greatly influenced the evolution of asset allocation, including Harry Markowitz, Roger Ibbotson, and the late Benoit Mandelbrot. Throughout the book, Kaplan offers his own opinions and analysis. He includes three appendices that put theory into action with technical details for new  asset-allocation frameworks, including the next generation of portfolio construction, which Kaplan dubs "Markowitz 2.0."

About the Author

PAUL D. KAPLAN is quantitative research director at Morningstar Europe and is responsible for the quantitative methodologies behind Morningstar's fund analysis, indexes, advisor tools, and other services. Dr. Kaplan conducts research on investment style analysis, performance and risk measurement, asset allocation, retirement-income planning, portfolio construction, index methodologies, and alternative investments. He led the development of quantitative methodologies behind the Morningstar Rating for funds (Morningstar's star rating), the Morningstar Style Box, and the Morningstar family of indexes. Many of Dr. Kaplan's research papers have been published in professional books and publications such as the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Journal of Wealth Management, the Journal of Investing, the Journal of Performance Measurement, the Journal of Indexes, and the Handbook of Equity Style Management. He received the 2008 Graham and Dodd Award and won a Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence in 2000.