Risk budgeting interpreted as efficient portfolio allocation is often based on expected
outperformance, alpha or information ratio. Once this crucial input has been estimated, it is …

In an ideal world, the financial interests of asset managers would be perfectly aligned with
those of their investors via optimal incentive contracts. In the real world, this is often not the …

The Josephson effect describes the generic appearance of a supercurrent in a weak link
between two superconductors. Its exact physical nature deeply influences the properties of the …

In an ideal world asset managers would be perfectly aligned with their investors via an optimal
incentive contract. In the current crisis this does not seem the case, so it is worthwhile to …

Once the optimal strategic benchmark is set for institutional assets, given the characteristics
of the liabilities, the challenge is to reallocate all the assets to the benchmark weights. …

… & Molenkamp, 1981); these parameters lead to a very low value of the quantity (Ii/2~),,=
0.003. However, if the isotropic effective stress is increased by an extreme factor of 100 then the …

The budget of a multiproduct dominant firm has to be allocated to the several production
centers within the firm. The objective is to maximize the firm's profit given price demand …

Background . Enteroviruses (EVs) belong to the family Picornaviridae and are a well-known
cause of neonatal sepsis and viral meningitis. Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) type 1 and 2, …

… Even if the gating is larger in that region, the amplification is smaller for being closer to the
maximum of JB. (b) Maximal heat exchange JB as a function of the interaction EC . Energy-…

We evaluated hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment and the effect of treatment duration (24 versus
48 weeks) on treatment outcome among 50 HIV-infected men who have sex with men with …