Winning the institutional investing race : a guide for directors and executives /: a guide for directors and executives. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Bunn, Zack Campbell.
• Authors: Bunn, Michael; Campbell, Zack
• Contents: Introduction; Part I: Governance; Chapter 1: Procrustes Rules; Chapter 2: Fiduciary Responsibilities; Loyalty; Skill; Care; Prudence; Diligence; Chapter 3: Ethics; Chapter 4: Essentials of Governance; Board; Investment Committee; CFO / Treasurer; Internal Investment Office; Investment Consultant; Contracted Investment Office; Chapter 5: The Governance Document; Return Objectives; Risk Tolerance; Asset Allocation; Rebalancing Protocol; Portfolio Evaluation -- Benchmarking; Chapter 6: Governance Structures; DIY Model; Traditional Model; Contracted Model; Internal Model; Recap. Chapter 7: Outsourcing Investment Decision MakingChapter 8: How Gatekeepers Harm Information Flow; Part II: Investments; Chapter 9: Academia; Chapter 10: Investment Basics; Â = a + b + e; a; b; e; Getting Started; Chapter 11: The Role of Risk; Standard Deviation; Stochastic Dominance; Omega (Gamma); Simulation; Chapter 12: The Role of Money Managers; Chapter 13: Manager Search; Chapter 14: The Right Way to View Asset Allocation; Chapter 15: What Diversification Really Means; Chapter 16: Asset Allocation: The Process; Rethinking the process; Conclusion; Chapter 17: Portfolio Evaluation. Chapter 18: When You Don't Know What to DoChapter 19: The Nature of Fees; Chapter 20: Investment Myths; Asset Allocation; Index; Alpha; Best Execution; Fees; Return equals risk; Chapter 21: Useful Statistics; Standard Deviation; Returns; Average Return; Compound (Annualized) Return; Cumulative Return; Internal Rate of Return (IRR); Time-Weighted Return; Money-Weighted Return (Dollar-Weighted Return); Alpha; Beta; Up-Market Capture; Down-Market Capture; Sharpe Ratio; R-Squared; Tracking Error; Information Ratio; Volume-Weighted Average Price; One last thought on statistics; Index. About the AuthorsAcknowledgments; Preface; Other Apress Business Titles You Will Find Useful.
• Publisher Details: Berkeley : Apress
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 132 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 332.67/253; Business; Institutional investments; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance; Institutional investments; Business and Management; Business and Management, general; Management science; Business & Economics -- Management Science; Business & management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484208328; 1484208323; 1484208331; 9781484208335
• Related ISBNs: 9781484208335
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 15, 2015).
• 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).
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