Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process (CFA Institute Investment Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470080140 ISBN 13: 9780470080146

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

"A rare blend of a well-organized, comprehensive guide to portfolio management and a deep, cutting-edge treatment of the key topics by distinguished authors who have all practiced what they preach. The subtitle, A Dynamic Process, points to the fresh, modern ideas that sparkle throughout this new edition. Just reading Peter Bernstein's thoughtful Foreword can move you forward in your thinking about this critical subject."
—Martin L. Leibowitz, Morgan Stanley

"Managing Investment Portfolios remains the definitive volume in explaining investment management as a process, providing organization and structure to a complex, multipart set of concepts and procedures. Anyone involved in the management of portfolios will benefit from a careful reading of this new edition."
—Charles P. Jones, CFA, Edwin Gill Professor of Finance, College of Management, North Carolina State University

About this title

About the Author

JOHN L. MAGINN, CFA, is President of Maginn Associates, Inc., a financial consulting firm. He is also an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Creighton University. He is retired from Mutual of Omaha, where he was the chief investment officer and treasurer, and is also a past chairman of the board of trustees of AIMR, the predecessor to CFA Institute.

DONALD L. TUTTLE, PHD, CFA, was vice president of CFA Institute in its Curriculum and Examinations Department from 1992 until his retirement in 2004. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

JERALD E. PINTO, PHD, CFA, is Director in the CFA and CIPM Programs Division at CFA Institute. Before coming to CFA Institute in 2002, he was a consultant to corporations, foundations, and partnerships in investment planning, portfolio analysis, and quantitative analysis. He has also worked in the investment and banking industries in New York City and taught finance at New York University's Stern School of Business. He holds an MBA from Baruch College and a PhD in finance from the Stern School. Pinto obtained his CFA charter in 1992.

DENNIS W. MCLEAVEY, CFA, is Head of Professional Development Products at CFA Institute. During his twenty-five-year academic career, he taught at the University of Western Ontario, the University of Connecticut, the University of Rhode Island (where he founded a student-managed fund), and Babson College. McLeavey completed a doctorate in production management and industrial engineering at Indiana University in 1972, and earned his CFA charter in 1990.

From the Back Cover

As part of the CFA Institute Investment Series, the Third Edition of Managing Investment Portfolios has been designed for a wide range of individuals, from graduate-level students focused on finance to practicing investment professionals. This book, valuable for self-study as well as for general reference, provides complete coverage of the most important issues surrounding modern portfolio management.

In this latest edition, financial experts John Maginn, Donald Tuttle, Jerald Pinto, and Dennis McLeavey—along with a number of experienced contributors—fully update information associated with this important discipline by examining everything from asset allocation strategies to risk management frameworks. Blending theory with practice, they skillfully outline the entire flow of the portfolio management process—from formulating an investment policy statement to portfolio construction, trade execution, and monitoring and rebalancing a portfolio. Throughout the text, special attention is paid to ensuring the evenness of subject matter, consistency of mathematical notation, and continuity of topic coverage that is so critical to the learning process.

Other elements that are discussed in detail include:

• Managing individual and institutional investor portfolios
• Capital market expectations
• Fixed income and equity portfolio management
• Evaluating portfolio performance
• Alternative investment portfolio management
• Global investment performance standards

And to further enhance your understanding of the tools and techniques explored here, don't forget to pick up Managing Investment Portfolios Workbook, Third Edition—a comprehensive companion study guide containing Learning Outcomes and Summary Overview sections along with challenging practice questions and solutions.

With each contributor bringing his own unique experiences and perspectives to the portfolio management process, Managing Investment Portfolios, Third Edition distills the knowledge, skills, and abilities you need to succeed in today's fast-paced financial world.

From the Inside Flap

Praise For
MANAGING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
A DYNAMIC PROCESS
THIRD EDITION

"A rare blend of a well-organized, comprehensive guide to portfolio management and a deep, cutting-edge treatment of the key topics by distinguished authors who have all practiced what they preach. The subtitle, A Dynamic Process, points to the fresh, modern ideas that sparkle throughout this new edition. Just reading Peter Bernstein's thoughtful Foreword can move you forward in your thinking about this critical subject."
—Martin L. Leibowitz, Morgan Stanley

"Managing Investment Portfolios remains the definitive volume in explaining investment management as a process, providing organization and structure to a complex, multipart set of concepts and procedures. Anyone involved in the management of portfolios will benefit from a careful reading of this new edition."
—Charles P. Jones, CFA, Edwin Gill Professor of Finance, College of Management, North Carolina State University

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470080140
• ISBN 13: 9780470080146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 960
• Editor: Maginn John L., Tuttle Donald L., Pinto Jerald E., McLeavey Dennis W.