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Book or Report Section

Platanakis, E., Stafyla, D. and Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2024) Portfolio management with alternative investments. In: Cumming, D. and Hammer, B. (eds.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity. Palgrave, Basingstoke. ISBN 9783030387389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38738-9 (In Press)

Platanakis, E. and Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2023) Cryptocurrency portfolios using heuristics. In: Alphonse, P., Bouaiss, K., Grandin, P. and Zopounidis, C. (eds.) Essays in Financial Analytics. Lecture Notes in Operations Research. Springer, Cham, pp. 117-128. ISBN 9783031294877 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29050-3_7

Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2020) The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for pensions. In: Billio, M. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (eds.) A New World Post COVID-19: Lessons for Business, the Finance Industry and Policy Makers. Innovation in Business, Economics & Finance (1). Ca’ Foscari University Press, Venice, Italy, pp. 235-244. ISBN 9788869694424 doi: https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-442-4/017

Board, J., Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Ziemba, W. (2013) Financial markets. In: Gass, S. I. and Fu, M.C. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. 3rd edition. Springer, Berlin. ISBN 9781441911377

Board, J., Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Ziemba, W. (2013) Portfolio theory: mean-variance. In: Gass, S.I. and Fu, M.C. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. 3rd edition. Springer, Berlin. ISBN 9781441911377

Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2010) Should defined benefit pension schemes be career average or final salary? In: Bertocchi, M., Schwartz, S. L. and Ziemba, W. (eds.) Optimizing the ageing, retirement and pensions dilemma. Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp. 227-258. ISBN 9780470377345

Board, J. L. G., Sutcliffe, C. M. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Ziemba, W. T. (2009) Operations research and finance markets. In: Floudas, C. A. and Pardalos, P. M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer-Verlag, pp. 2696-2704. ISBN 9780387747583 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_466

Board, J. L. G., Sutcliffe, C. M. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Ziemba, W. T. (2009) Portfolio selection: Markowitz mean-variance model. In: Floudas, C. A. and Pardalos, P. M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer-Verlag, pp. 2990-2996. ISBN 9780387747583 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_513

Board, J. and Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2007) Joined-up pensions policy in the UK: an asset-liability model for simultaneously determining the asset allocation and contribution rate. In: Zenios, S. A. and Ziemba, W. (eds.) Handbook of asset and liability management: applications and case studies. Handbooks in Finance (2). Elsevier , pp. 1029-1067. ISBN 9780444528025

Board, J. and Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2006) Futures and forwards. In: Garrett, I. (ed.) Finance. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (4). Wiley. ISBN 9781405118262

Board, J. and Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2006) Program trading. In: Garrett, I. (ed.) Finance. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (4). Wiley, pp. 159-160. ISBN 9781405118262

Report

Board, J., Wells, S., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X and Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X, (2010) The LSE’s AIM market: effect on returns and trading of Canadian stocks. Report. The Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation , Canada.

Board, J., Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Wells, S., (2009) The impact of the Credit Crunch on the Sterling Corporate Bond market. Technical Report. Investment Management Association pp69.

Board, J., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Wells, S., (2006) A false perception? The relative riskiness of AIM and listed stocks. Discussion Papers. 2006-0. Discussion Paper. University of Reading, Reading. pp40.

Board, J., Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Wells, S., (2004) Distortion or distraction: US restrictions on EU exchange trading screens. City Research Series. 3. Report. Corporation of London

Book

Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2016) Finance and occupational pensions: theories and international evidence. Palgrave Macmillan, London , pp332. ISBN 9781349948628

Board, J., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Hartavi, Y., Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Wells, S. (2015) Risk and trading on London's Alternative Investment Market: The stock market for smaller and growing companies. Palgrave Pivot. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137361295

Sutcliffe, C. M. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2006) Stock index futures. 3rd edition. Innovative Finance Textbooks. Ashgate, pp532. ISBN 9780754641926

Board, J., Sutcliffe, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X and Wells, S. (2002) Transparency and fragmentation: financial market regulation in a dynamic environment. Palgrave, pp320. ISBN 9780333986349

Thesis

Sutcliffe, C. M. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2018) Financial aspects of UK occupational defined benefit pension schemes. PhD thesis, University of Reading.