In the current financial environment in which institutional investors are failing to achieve their goal of superior returns or beating the market, investors are rethinking asset allocation as a whole.

The potential role for currency in institutional portfolios has been much discussed, yet overlooked. Finally this market segment is coming to the foreground of the investment landscape. Editors and experts in the area of currency research, Momtchil Pojarliev (Fischer Francis Trees & Watts) and Richard Levich (New York University Stern School of Business), present contributions from authorities in the FX sphere of the investment world as well as the more traditional sectors, providing a balanced perspective to institutional portfolios.