The origins of asset management from 1700 to 1960 : towering investors /: towering investors. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nigel Edward Morecroft.
• Authors: Morecroft, Nigel Edward
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction adn overview -- Chapter 2: Markets and insurance company investments, 1700 to 1900.-Chapter 3: Philip Rose and the first investment company, 1868 to 1883.-Chapter 4: Robert Fleming and Scottish asset management, 1873 to 1890 -- Chapter 5: Life office investment 1900 to 1960, and John Maynard Keynes -- Chapter 6: Keynes -- flawed investor or genius? Chapter 7: George Booth, Ian Fairburn and the first trust units, 1931 to 1960 -- Chapter 8: George Ross Goobey, revolutionising pension fund investment, 1947 to 1960 -- Chapter 9: Observations from the past.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 343 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 332.09; Finance; Asset-liability management -- Great Britain -- History; Investment advisors -- Great Britain -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance; Capital investments; Finance; Investment banking; Securities; Business & Economics -- Investments & Securities; Business & Economics -- Finance; Investment & securities; Finance; Investment banking; Securities; Personal finance; Capital investments; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319518503
• Related ISBNs: 331951850X; 3319518496; 9783319518497
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.