The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960: Towering Investors by Morecroft, Nigel Edward

The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960: Towering Investors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319847580)

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The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960: Towering Investors by Morecroft, Nigel Edward

The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960: Towering Investors

$54.99
The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960: Towering Investors by Morecroft, Nigel Edward

The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960: Towering Investors

$54.99
Format: Paperback
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This book explores the origins and development of the asset management profession in Britain as a distinct activity within financial services, independent of banks and stockbrokers. Specifically, it identifies the main individuals and institutions after 1868 who established the profession. The book draws a distinction between banks (short-term deposit-taking) and asset management (an investment service with longer-term objectives). It explains why some banks fail but asset management businesses generally do not. It argues that asset management has been socially useful and has had a beneficial impact on the development of securities markets by offering choices to savers as an alternative to banks, improving the efficiency of capital allocation, re-cycling excess savings productively and enabling a range of investors - from institutions to individuals - to benefit from thoughtful, long-term investing.

Author: Nigel Edward Morecroft
ISBN-10: 3319847589
ISBN-13: 9783319847580
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2018
Pages: 343
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.75d
By Nigel Edward Morecroft
By Nigel Edward Morecroft
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Nigel Edward Morecroft is a former asset management professional having spent most of his working life in institutional asset management. Previous appointments have included Partner at Baillie Gifford & Co. and Director at Foreign & Colonial Asset Management, having started his career at Wood Mackenzie & Co. Typically in his capacity as a trustee, Nigel currently applies his extensive experience in investments to a number of charities including the Charities Official Investment Funds (COIF) where he is a Director. He is also a Trustee and Member of the University Court at the University of St Andrews, UK.

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