Endowment asset management : investment strategies in Oxford and Cambridge / Shanta Acharya and Elroy Dimson.

By:

Acharya, Shanta

Contributor(s):

Dimson, Elroy, 1947-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xv, 368 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780199210916 (hbk.)
0199210918 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

378.106094257 22

LOC classification:

HG5432 .A56 2007

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- List of tables -- Endowment definition -- The investment committee -- Investment objective -- Spending policy -- Asset allocation -- Investing in property -- Issues in portfolio management -- Portfolio risk -- Consultant selection and monitoring -- Manager selection and monitoring -- Socially responsible investment -- Performance measurement -- Endowment management cost -- Fund-raising: role of gifts -- Concluding observations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: This book is a case study done of a set of major endowments. It is also an essential tool for endowment managers seeking to understand current practice and the major issues they confront. The authors have created an outstanding and very readable study that comprehends the broad range of issues in endowment management: from asset allocation to manager selection and monitoring to the challenges of connecting investment policy to the mission of the organization itself.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-353) and index.

This book is a case study done of a set of major endowments. It is also an essential tool for endowment managers seeking to understand current practice and the major issues they confront. The authors have created an outstanding and very readable study that comprehends the broad range of issues in endowment management: from asset allocation to manager selection and monitoring to the challenges of connecting investment policy to the mission of the organization itself.

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