Managing Investment Portfolios Is The Definitive Volume In Explaining Investment Management As A...

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c54470) has announced the addition of "Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process, 3rd Edition" to their offering.

"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 Bernsteins 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 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 Universitys 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.

Topics Covered:

-The Portfolio Management Process and the Investment Policy Statement.

-Managing Individual Investor Portfolios

-Managing Institutional Investor Portfolios

-Capital Market Expectations.

-Asset Allocation.

-Fixed-Income Portfolio Management.

-Equity Portfolio Management.

-Alternative Investments Portfolio Management.

-Risk Management.

-Execution of Portfolio Decisions.

-Monitoring And Rebalancing.

-Evaluating Portfolio Performance

-Global Investment Performance Standards

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