The widespread adoption of exchange traded funds (ETFs) as institutional instruments, tighter
trading spreads, and lower fees mean these investment vehicles are increasingly seen by …

As index investing continues to grow, we are witnessing an expansion of what the beta
continuum encompasses. During the 2000 dot-com bubble and the 2007-2008 financial crisis, …

As beta strategies play an increasingly important role in the design and implementation of
investment portfolios, Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to gain traction within …

We find more similarities than differences in examining 800 European asset manager, asset
owner, and wealth/retail portfolios. The total risk of the average European institutional …

We have investigated the emission from InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QD) bilayer samples with
different GaAs spacer thickness. For large spacers, one peak is observed, and the layers …

The authors expect the year 2012 to be a positive one for the European exchange-traded
fund (ETF) industry. The global economy still faces strong headwinds and a solution to the …

When seeking to replicate the performance of an equity index, investment vehicle selection
can heavily influence an investor's outcome. In this article, the authors consider recent …

… for Fully Funded Investors" by Ananth Madhavan, Ursula Marchioni, Wei Li, and Daphne
Yan Du [1] and the current work will leverage the work given in the mentioned paper. …

Emerging equity and fixed income markets (EM) have generally been open to foreign
investors for more than two decades now, and much has been learned about their risk-and-return …

Background: To assess the efficacy and safety of treatment with abiraterone acetate (AA) in
chemotherapy-naïve men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in …