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The changing shape of the asset management industry
10 Nov 2014

The changing shape of the asset management industry

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Finance sector, Financial products | 0

The asset management industry is huge, growing in size, especially in Asia, and increasingly dominated by a small number of giant companies. Asset management includes traditional “institutional” investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and money management companies, … Continued

asset management, hedge funds
What is a sovereign wealth fund?
21 Mar 2013

What is a sovereign wealth fund?

by Simon Taylor | posted in: China, Course material, Finance sector | 7

A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is an organisation that manages financial and other assets on behalf of a government or nation. But what about the holdings of foreign exchange reserves by central banks? These assets, often much larger in size, … Continued

asset management, foreign reserves, sovereigns

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Simon is a member of the finance faculty group at Cambridge Judge Business School. From 2008-18 he was the first Director of the University of Cambridge Master of Finance (MFin) degree, and he is now Director of the University's Global Executive MBA. An economist and former equities analyst at JPMorgan and Citigroup, he teaches on financial markets and institutions, infrastructure finance and the world financial system. He is a Fellow in Economics at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. His book on nuclear power in the UK was published in March 2016.

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