Risk and Risk Management: Trustees as Risk Managers

Andrew Clare and Chris Wagstaff

Chapter Chapter 9 in The Trustee Guide to Investment, 2011, pp 175-209 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Appreciate that risk can be measured in a number of ways. Know the key measures of risk-adjusted return. Understand how diversification works. Understand the meaning and shortcomings of Value at Risk. Understand that not all risks are quantifiable. Appreciate the range of soft risks trustees face. Appreciate that risk management is not an exact science.

Keywords: Hedge Fund; Risky Asset; Fund Manager; Efficient Frontier; Sharpe Ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230361874_9

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