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Author Priest, William W., author.

Title Winning at active management : the essential roles of culture, philosophy, and technology / William W. Priest, Steven D. Bleiberg, Michael A. Welhoelter, with John Keefe
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2016]
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Contents Part I: Culture -- Part II: Philosophy and methodology -- Part III: Technology
Summary "Winning at Active Management conducts an in-depth examination of crucial issues facing the investment management industry, and will be a valuable resource for asset managers, institutional consultants, managers of pension and endowment funds, and advisers to individual investors. Bill Priest, Steve Bleiberg and Mike Welhoelter all experienced investment professionals, consider the challenges of managing portfolios through complex markets, as well as managing the cultural and technological complexities of the investment business. The book & rsquo;s initial section highlights the importance of culture within an investment firm & ndash; the characteristics of strong cultures, the imperatives of communication and support, and suggestions for leading firms through times of both adversity and prosperity. It continues with a thorough discussion of active portfolio management for equities. The ongoing debate over active versus passive management is reviewed in detail, drawing on both financial theory and real-world investing results. The book also contrasts traditional methods of portfolio management, based on accounting metrics and price-earnings ratios, with Epoch Investment Partners & rsquo; philosophy of investing on free cash flow and appropriate capital allocation. Winning at Active Management closes with an inquiry into the crucial and growing role of technology in investing. The authors assert that the most effective portfolio strategies result from neither pure fundamental nor quantitative methods, but instead from thoughtful combinations of analyst and portfolio manager experience and skill with the speed and breadth of quantitative analysis. The authors illustrate the point with an example of an innovative Epoch equity strategy based on economic logic and judgment, but enabled by information technology. Winning at Active Management also offers important insights into selecting active managers & ndash; the market cycle factors that have held back many managers & rsquo; performance in recent years, and the difficulty of identifying those firms that truly possess investment skill. Drawing on behavioral economic theory and empirical research, the book makes a convincing case that many active investment managers can and do generate returns superior to those of the broad market"-- Provided by publisher
"In this book you will learn: - The practical applications of the free cash flow framework, successfully practiced by Epoch Investment Partners over the last 10 years, examining historical equity market returrns and showing the superiority of the techniques to traditional methods derived from accounting-based earnings measures"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version of record
Subject Cash flow.
Rate of return.
Portfolio management.
Investments.
Corporate culture.
Investments
Organizational Culture
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Cash flow
Corporate culture
Investments
Portfolio management
Rate of return
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Bleiberg, Steven D., author
Welhoelter, Michael A., author
Keefe, John, author
ISBN 9781119051770
1119051770
9781119051909
1119051908