TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 9, Issue 2 (July 2008)

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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

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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

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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

Private equity in developing nations

Arindam Banerjee

J Asset Manag 9: 158-170; doi:10.1057/jam.2008.12