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Some applications of quantitative techniques in the Asset Management Industry

Includes bibliographical references. / The aim of this thesis is to provide the reader with some practical applications of quantitative techniques in the area of portfolio management. The theme of the thesis is on the use of basic quantitative applications, with an emphasis on issues pertaining to optimisation, benchmarking and risk management. Most of the contributions and analysis performed in this thesis has been borne out of actual applications in the financial market industry - thus the style of the thesis reflects an application level relevant to practitioners, and is not esoteric.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/11227
Date January 2002
CreatorsSwartz, Jason
ContributorsBradfield, Dave
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Finance and Tax
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MBusSc
Formatapplication/pdf

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