Table of Contents

Review of the literature on multifactor asset pricing, M.Pitsillis. Estimating UK factor models using multivariate skew normal distribution, C. Adcock. Misspecification in the Linear Pricing Model, I. Lo. Bayesian estimation of Risk-Premia in an APT context, T. Darsinos and S. Satchell. Sharpe Style Analysis in the MSCI Sector Portfolios, G. Christodoulakis. Implication of the method of portfolio formation on asset pricing tests, I. Lo. The Small Noise Arbitrage Pricing Theory, S.Satchell. Risk Attribution in a Global Country Sector, A. Scowcroft and J. Sefton. Predictability of Fund of Hedge Fund Returns Using Dynaporte, G. Gregoriou and F. Rouah. Estimating a Combined Linear Model, A. Stroyny. Attributing Equity Risk with a Statistical Factor Model, T. Wilding Making Covariance-based Portfolio Risk Models Sensitive to the rate at which markets reflect new information, D. Di Bartolomeo and S. Warrick. Decomposing Factor Exposure for Equity Portfolios, D. Tien et al.

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About the Author

Stephen Satchell is a Fellow of Trinity College, the Reader in Financial Econometrics at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College, City University Business School and University of Technology, Sydney. He provides consultancy for a range of city institutions in the broad area of quantitative finance. He has published papers in many journals and has a particular interest in risk.