The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960
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The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960

Towering Investors

  1. English
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eBook - PDF

The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960

Towering Investors

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960
  2. 1 Introduction and Overview
  3. 2 Markets and Insurance Company Investments, 1700–1900
  4. 3 Philip Rose and the First Investment Company, 1868–1883
  5. 4 Robert Fleming and Scottish Asset Management, 1873–1890
  6. 5 Life Office Investment 1900–1960 and John Maynard Keynes
  7. 6 Keynes – Flawed Investor or Genius?
  8. 7 George Booth and Ian Fairbairn: The First Unit Trusts, 1931–1960
  9. 8 George Ross Goobey, Revolutionising Pension Fund Investment, 1947–1960
  10. 9 Observations from the Past
  11. Index