Portfolio Indexing: Theory and Practice
Harold Hutchinson
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Description for Portfolio Indexing: Theory and Practice
Hardback. 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. Series: Frontiers in Finance Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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 flawed and that individual judgment will always have a proper role to play in investment. This much-needed book will hopefully help to stop the current steam-rolling move of the fund management ... Read more
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 flawed and that individual judgment will always have a proper role to play in investment. This much-needed book will hopefully help to stop the current steam-rolling move of the fund management ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Frontiers in Finance Series
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471988687
SKU
V9780471988687
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About 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 ... Read more
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