Portfolio Indexing, 9780471988687
Hardcover
This text provides a systematic account of the weaknesses inherent in portfolio indexing, and an alternative non-indexing approach to asset management. It includes substantial practical examples drawn from the author’s own experience, and recent global events.

Portfolio Indexing

theory and practice

$279.68

  • Hardcover

    150 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 1999

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Summary

The dominant paradigm in modern-day fund management remains the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Originally developed in the 1960s as an explanatory and predictive model of capital market behaviour, it has subsequently acquired enormous significance in many fund-management institutions. “Harold Hutchinson’s Portfolio Indexing is a long-overdue theoretical and practical perspective on the ‘managers versus trackers’ debate. He concludes that the indexing solution to risk management is flawe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780471988687
ISBN-10:0471988685
Series:Frontiers in Finance Series
Author:Harold Hutchinson
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:150
Edition:1st
Release Date:28 July 1999
Weight:397g
Dimensions:238mm x 159mm x 19mm
About The Author

Harold Hutchinson

Harold Hutchinson has degrees in Economics from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and from St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He began his career as a lecturer in finance at the University of St. Andrews. He then moved to the Swedish stockbroking group, Carnegie International, where he was European Head of Research. In 1992, he moved to live in Spain with the UK merchant banking group, Singer and Friedlander, where he helped set up from scratch an Iberian and Latin American equities business of which he was CEO. After a brief period at the Spanish banking group, Banco Santander, he is now Head of Sales and Research at the Spanish office of Credit Lyonnais Securities Europe. In addition to these positions, he acted for a time as adviser to the Liberty Newport Latin American SICAV. Besides his current executive role at Credit Lyonnais, Harold is also a Director at the Regulatory Policy Institute in Oxford, which is dedicated to independent policy advice on regulatory issues, and is a non-executive director at Quantum Partnership, a consultancy specialising in innovative solutions for operational and strategic problems in business. He is married with two young children.

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