TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 9, Issue 2 (July 2008)
Introduction
Special edition of Journal of Asset Management ACIIA® chairman's message
Kiyoto Hagiwara
J Asset Manag 9: 73-76; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.8
Paper Overview
An overview of the papers included in this special edition of the Journal of Asset Management
Michael Theobald Joint Editor
J Asset Manag 9: 77-79; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.9
Papers
Asia as a financial centre — Opportunities and obstacles
Shinichi Yoshikuni
J Asset Manag 9: 80-89; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.10
Ownership, governance mechanisms, and agency costs in China's listed firms
Michael Firth, Peter M Y Fung and Oliver M Rui
J Asset Manag 9: 90-101; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.13
Ship funds as a new asset class: An empirical analysis of the relationship between spot and forward prices in freight markets
Wolfgang Bessler, Wolfgang Drobetz and Jörg Seidel
J Asset Manag 9: 102-120; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.14
Portfolio selection in an expected shortfall framework during the recent 'credit crunch' period
Lan-chih Ho, John Cadle and Michael Theobald
J Asset Manag 9: 121-137; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.15
Portfolio optimisation: A fuzzy multi-objective approach
Francesc J Ortí and José B Sáez
J Asset Manag 9: 138-148; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.16
Structural positions and risk budgeting: Quantifying the impact of structural positions and deriving implications for active portfolio management
Ulf Herold and Raimond Maurer
J Asset Manag 9: 149-157; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.11



