Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management ( FMPM ) is a scientific journal of the financial industry.

The Journal publishes scientific articles in all areas of the financial sector, especially - but not only - in the areas of financial markets, portfolio theory and wealth management, asset pricing, risk management and market regulation.

The main aim of the journal is to bridge the gap between innovative research and practical application. The readership of FMPM is composed of scientists, economists, asset managers, financial analysts and other professionals of the financial sector and related fields.

Characteristics

FMPM is published quarterly and is supported by the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research ( SGF) has been published since 1987. Article submissions are checked by a double-blind peer -review process before they are published. Approximately 15 % of the submitted papers are accepted for publication.

Famous authors of the journal include, without limitation Yakov Amihud, Stanley Fischer, Harry M. Markowitz, Merton Miller, Richard Roll, Stephen Ross, William F. Sharpe, and William T. Ziemba.

Editorial Board

Markus Schmid from the University of St. Gallen is the current editor of the journal. The Editorial Board consists of Manuel Ammann, Rolf Banz, Jonathan Berk, Wolfgang Bessler, Jean -Pierre Danthine, Wolfgang Drobetz, Günter Franke, William Fung, Dirk Hackbarth, Philippe Jorion, Francis Longstaff, Markus Rudolf, Christian Schlag, Paul Söderlind, Thomas Stucki, René M. Stulz, David Yermack and Heinz Zimmermann.

History

The magazine was in 1987 under the title " Financial Market and Portfolio Management" first published, the editors were Martin Jetzer, Walter waterfalls and Heinz Zimmermann. Since April 2004, Manuel Ammann acts in this role.

Since 2005, the journal contains only English posts and is published by Springer.

Reception

The magazine ranking VHB- JOUR QUAL (2008) classifies the FMPM into the category C; Ranking in part finance / banking management, it ranks 43rd.

FMPM is also indexed in EBSCO, ECONIS, EconLit, e- JEL, JEL on CD, Journal of Economic Literature, Research Papers in Economics ( RePEc ) and SCOPUS.