TY  - BOOK
AU  - Acharya,Shanta
AU  - Dimson,Elroy
TI  - Endowment asset management: investment strategies in Oxford and Cambridge 
SN  - 9780199210916 (hbk.)
AV  - HG5432 .A56 2007
U1  - 378.106094257 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - University of Cambridge
KW  - Endowments
KW  - University of Oxford
KW  - Institutional investments
KW  - England
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-353) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -