Title:
The investment process : as characterized by leading life insurance companies / James E Walter.
Author:
Walter, James E. Author.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction and Summary of Findings -- Part I: Institutional Characteristics -- Capacity for Risk Taking -- Return on Invested Assets and Related Issues -- Part II: Organization for Investment Decisions -- Staff Size and Activity Breakdown -- The Use of Service Facilities -- Communication Flows and Incentives -- Part III: Forecast and Allocation of Funds -- The Forecast of Fund Flows -- The Allocation of Fund Flows -- Part IV: Search for Investment Outlets -- The Search for Investment Opportunities -- Implementation of Search -- Part V: Evaluation and Re-Evaluation -- Evaluation of Investment Opportunities: An Integrated Approach -- Evaluation of Investment Opportunities: The Observed Record -- Re-Evaluation.
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Publisher:
Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University,
Publication Place:
Boston,
Subject:
Life insurance -- United States -- Finance.
Insurance companies -- Investments -- United States.
Investments.
Contents:
Introduction and Summary of Findings -- Part I: Institutional Characteristics -- Capacity for Risk Taking -- Return on Invested Assets and Related Issues -- Part II: Organization for Investment Decisions -- Staff Size and Activity Breakdown -- The Use of Service Facilities -- Communication Flows and Incentives -- Part III: Forecast and Allocation of Funds -- The Forecast of Fund Flows -- The Allocation of Fund Flows -- Part IV: Search for Investment Outlets -- The Search for Investment Opportunities -- Implementation of Search -- Part V: Evaluation and Re-Evaluation -- Evaluation of Investment Opportunities: An Integrated Approach -- Evaluation of Investment Opportunities: The Observed Record -- Re-Evaluation.
Physical Description:
xx, 491 pages : diagrams, tables ;
Publication Date:
1962.