Asset Management: Equities Demystified

ISBN-13: 9780471557913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 408 str.

Shanta Acharya

Opis

The future of fund management in the era of individual trading
With the globalization of the financial markets, the rise of pension and tracker funds, and the technical feasibility for anyone to trade almost anything at any time, some are questioning the very necessity of highly paid fund managers. In Asset Management, Acharya argues that the industry is essential to the health of both the financial markets and the global economy at large and shows how the social implications of fund management reverberate throughout the world.
Dr. Shanta Acharya (London, UK) was a fund manager for Swiss Bank and Baring Asset Management, following an academic career at Harvard and Oxford. She is currently a freelance writer and researcher.
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Recenzje

" Dr Acharaya is rather to be congratulated on having produced nothing less than a definitive study of an industry still in the process of adapting to a very changed world " (Professional Investor, October 2002)

 

 

Spis treści

Capital Market Revolution.

The Alpha and Beta of Investing.

Indexation.

Active Management.

Absolute Return Strategies.

Private Equity.

Socially Responsible Investing.

Concluding Observations.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

O autorze

SHANTA ACHARYA is a freelance writer and researcher who began her investment management career with Morgan Stanley Asset Management before working as a fund manager for Swiss Bank Corporation Portfolio Management International and Baring Asset Management respectively. She studied at Oxford and Harvard and at the London Business School.

Blurb

In recent years developments in information and communication technology, along with globalisation and trade liberalisation, have brought about a revolution in the capital markets. Always highly sensitive to global corporate trends, the asset management industry has been subject to huge changes in recent years.

This book discusses the changing nature of asset management and the implications for investors. It is based on extensive research and interviews with a large number of distinguished practitioners in the industry.

The issue of how technology has impacted on asset management is discussed and how, with the growth of the industry, more individuals are exercising control over their investments than ever before. Insightful and comprehensive, this book is a must for anyone involved in the management of money.