Global Asset Management: Strategies, Risks, Processes, and Technologies

by W Wirtinger (Editor), I. Walter (Editor)

Overview

This book focuses on all major aspects of the asset management industry including its regulations, strategies, processes, applied technologies and risks. It provides a serious resource for readers seeking greater depth and alternative opinions on specific industry developments, and breadth for specialists interested in the dynamics of the industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137329479
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/26/2013
Edition description:	2013
Pages:	646
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Massimo Massa, INSEAD, France
Ole Risager, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
David Lando, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
John Hull, University of Toronto, Canada
Adam Schneider, Deloitte Consulting, USA
Jean Dermine, INSEAD, France
Mathias Schmit, Solvay Business School, Belgium
Lin-Sya Chao, Solvay Business School, Belgium
John H. Biggs, retired chairman, TIAA-CREF, USA
Aaron Brown, AQR, USA
Kosrow Dehnad, Columbia University, USA
Steen Thomsen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Renée Adams, University of New South Wales, Australia
Caspar Rose, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Karel Lannoo, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium
Anders Bidsted Andersen, SimCorp, Denmark
Carsten Kunkel, SimCorp, Denmark
Ümit Alptuna, Goldman, Sachs & Co., USA
Manos Hatzakis, Goldman, Sachs & Co., USA
Reha Tütüncü, Goldman, Sachs & Co., USA
Marcelo Cruz, E-trade, USA
Yakov Amihud, New York University, USA
Haim Mendelson, Stanford University, USA
Jacob Elsborg, ATP, Denmark
Howie San, SimCorp, Denmark
Anders Kirkeby, SimCorp, Denmark
Marc Schröter, SimCorp, Denmark
Paul Verdin, Solvay Business School and KULeuven, Belgium
Johannes Elsner, Martin Huber and Philipp Koch, McKinsey and Co., Germany
Alistair Byrne, Towers Watson, UK
Martin Gruber, Stern School of Business, NYU, USA
Stephen Brown, Stern School of Business, NYU, USA

Table of Contents

PART I: GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT - INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. The Asset Management Industry Dynamics of Growth, Structure and Performance; Ingo Walter 2. What do we Know about the Mutual Fund Industry?; Massimo Massa PART II: THE CRISIS OF 2007-2008 AND ITS AFTERMATH 3. Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath; Ole Risager 4. Some Lessons from CDO Markets on Mathematical Models; David Lando 5. The Credit Crisis of 2007 and its Implications for Risk Management; John Hull 6. After the Storm: Four Innovations Changing Investment Management; Adam Schneider 7. Avoiding International Financial Crises: An Incomplete Reform Agenda; Jean Dermine PART III: KEY RISK FACTORS IN ASSET MANAGEMENT 8. Managing Growth and Strategic Risk; Mathias Schmit and Lin-Sya Chao 9. Wall Street's Management of Risks – Why it Failed; John H. Biggs 10. Reputational Risk and the Financial Crisis; Ingo Walter 11. Risk Management for Pension Funds and Endowments; Aaron Brown 12. A Stitch in Time…; Kosrow Dehnad PART IV: REGULATIONS AND GOVERNANCE 13. Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis; Steen Thomsen 14. Governance and the Financial Crisis: More Convergence, Less Risk?; Renée Adams 15. Financial Regulation and Risk Governance; Caspar Rose 16. Game Change in Asset Management; Karel Lannoo and Mirzha de Manuel Aramendía 17. The Asset Manager's Guide to Sustainable Regulatory Advantage; Anders Bidsted Andersen and Carsten Kunkel PART V: OPERATIONAL PROCESSES AND COSTS 18. The Interrelationships between Processes, Costs and Risks in Asset Management; Michael Pinedo 19. A Best Practices Framework for Operational Infrastructure and Controls in Asset Management; Ümit Alptuna, Manos Hatzakis and Reha Tütüncü 20. Managing Costs at Investment Management Firms; Adam Schneider 21. Strategic and Tactical Cost Management in the Asset Management Industry; Marcelo Cruz 22. Transaction Costs and Asset Management; Yakov Amihud and Haim Mendelson PART VI: OPERATIONAL PLATFORMS AND IT STRATEGIES 23. Operational Platform and Growth: A Strategic Challenge; Jacob Elsborg 24. Addressing the Data Management Challenge in Asset Management; Howie San 25. The Use of Advanced Technology in Global Asset Management; Anders Kirkeby 26. Fit-for-Future Enterprise Architecture: Supporting Strategic Business Challenges; Marc Schröter? PART VII: FUTURE CHALLENGES AND GROWTH 27. The Strategic Imperative of Creating and Capturing Value; Paul Verdin 28. Check or Checkmate? Game-Changing Strategies for the Asset Management Industry; Martin Huber, Philipp Koch and Johannes Elsner 29. Designing Products for Reluctant Investors: Applications of Behavioral Finance; Alistair Byrne 30. Current and Future Challenges Faced by Investment Funds; Martin Gruber 31. Current and Future Challenges Faced by Asset Managers; Stephen J. Brown 32. Current and Future Challenges Faced by Pension Funds; Massimo Massa