| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- List of tables -- Endowment definition -- The investment committee -- Investment objective -- Spending policy -- Asset allocation -- Investing in property -- Issues in portfolio management -- Portfolio risk -- Consultant selection and monitoring -- Manager selection and monitoring -- Socially responsible investment -- Performance measurement -- Endowment management cost -- Fund-raising: role of gifts -- Concluding observations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This study focuses on how the endowment assets of Oxford and Cambridge colleges are invested. Despite their shared missions, each interprets its investment objective differently, often resulting in remarkably dissimilar strategies. This work provides new insights for all investors with a long-term investment horizon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
University of Cambridge -- Endowments
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University of Oxford -- Endowments
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| SUBJECT |
University of Cambridge. fast (OCoLC)fst00530207 |
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University of Oxford. fast (OCoLC)fst00535968 |
| Subject |
Institutional investments -- England
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Endowments.
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Institutional investments.
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England.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dimson, Elroy, 1947-
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780191526237 |
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0191526231 |
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9780191705816 |
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0191705810 |
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9786611160722 |
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6611160728 |
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143562145X |
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9781435621459 |
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1281160725 |
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9781281160720 |
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