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Growth and Development

Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

2012

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Making Babies: Getting Into The Mood For Love, Singapore Management University Apr 2012

Making Babies: Getting Into The Mood For Love, Singapore Management University

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The pursuit of a perfect partner by women can betraced back to thousands of years ago when the world was still a society of hunters and gatherers. Back then, men tended to provide the family with meat and protection while women stayed at home to plant crops and take care of junior.


Markowitz 2.0: Innovations For Asset Allocation, Singapore Management University Mar 2012

Markowitz 2.0: Innovations For Asset Allocation, Singapore Management University

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The economic wreckage from the 2008 global financial crisis dealt a blow to the theoretical foundations of finance and economic. Many of these theories, such as Markowitz’s Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), were considered received wisdom and taught in practically all business schools. But now they appeared inadequate to the task of handling the “fat-tails” and “black swans” of extreme market events. These crashes were also occurring far more often than predicted by these theories.


Risk Management In A Volatile Market, Singapore Management University Jan 2012

Risk Management In A Volatile Market, Singapore Management University

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As stock markets around the world whipsaw in a manner that bewilders even the seasoned trader, an academic has suggested for financial institutions to look more closely at linking dynamic loss tail distributions to contagion modeling for effective risk management.