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Introduction to Asset Management - Softcover

Hughes, Duncan

 
9780852976203: Introduction to Asset Management

Synopsis

Setting out some rules of best practice for asset managers, this succint guide represents a comprehensive introduction to the real workings of equity, bond and other asset management.

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Synopsis

This succinct guide introduces the reader to the asset management industry and gives an insight into the real-life environment in which fund managers work. The theories of diversification, managing of risks and immunizing portfolios against interest rate changes are here related to the practices of real asset management firms and the many constraints under which they work. The book also sets out some rules of best practice for asset managers. As such, it represents a comprehensive introduction to the real workings of equity, bond and other asset management.

About the Author

Duncan Hughes is Manager of front office support for Scudder Threadneedle Asset Management. His previous experience includes time spent at Rothschild, BZW, and Irish Life Asset Managers. He is a past winner of the IIMR Institute prize for Statistics and Financial Mathematics.

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