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Investment Management Association

Stockholding & Investments

association for UK investment professionals the trade body for the UK investment industry, formed in February 2002 following the merger of the Association of Unit Trusts and Investment Funds and the Fund Managers' Association.

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  • Asset Management
    Asset management entails the handling of resources in such a way as to achieve the optimum benefit from holding them. In the financial context, asset management—or investment management—is the business of investing clients’ resources with a view to delivering on their particular return objectives. Different investors have widely varying aims in terms of the return they are seeking, based of variables such as the level of risk they are prepared...
Investment Management Association - Related Articles

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    Over 70% of MENA’s asset managers remain confident about 2013. The majority of this optimism stemmed from GCC-based firms, who believed that the combined force of increased government investment and dynamic local equity markets would make the six GCC states attractive investment locations.
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  • Asset Management

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    Asset management entails the handling of resources in such a way as to achieve the optimum benefit from holding them. In the financial context, asset management—or investment management—is the business of investing clients’ resources with a view to delivering on their particular return objectives

  • Passive Portfolio Management and Fixed-Income Investing

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    Finally, an important question to be addressed is whether the investor has the skill in a specific area to undertake active management. Consider an investor who specializes in European corporate debt. It may be prudent for investments in other sectors, such as US mortgage-backed securities, to be based on a passive approach rather than actively trading in mortgage-backed securities and attempting to outperform the benchmark.
    By Andrew Ainsworth

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Definitions of ’Investment Management Association’ and meaning of ’Investment Management Association’ are from the book publication, QFINANCE – The Ultimate Resource, © 2009 Bloomsbury Information Ltd. Find definitions for ’Investment Management Association’ and other financial terms with our online QFINANCE Financial Dictionary.

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