A compilation of the proceedings of a conference held at the University of Exeter on risk, portfolio management and capital markets.

Part 1 The revolution in equity management: the revolution in asset management and its applications, David Damant; capital appreciation protection, Andrew Perrins; asset allocation - a case study, Jane Platt; a non-linear model of portfolio behaviour, David Blake. Part 2 Special problems: tax effects in gilt edged security valuation, Robert Luther and J. Matatko; interest rate management, Charles Owen-Conway; investment trust price discounts, J. Matatko and Richard Purkis; new Japanese index futures, Desmond Corner and Toru Takenashi. Part 3 Developments in accounting and finance: problems of assessing risk and return inside an operating business, Alan Bainbridge; problems of income recognition - capital markets institution, Richard Stevens.