1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784899403321

Autore

Longstreth Bevis

Titolo

Modern investment management and the prudent man rule [[electronic resource] /] / Bevis Longstreth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1986

ISBN

1-280-76008-7

0-19-536469-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

332.60973

346.73/07 347.3067

346.7307347.3067

Soggetti

Legal investments - United States

Portfolio management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. The Prudent Man Rule Today-Variations on a Single Theme; 2. Historical Sketch of the Investment Landscape from 1830 to Today; 3. Points of Restraint and Conflict; 4. Modern Paradigm of Prudence; 5. Conclusions and Recommendations; APPENDICES; INDEX; TABLE OF CASES

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years the field of finance has exploded with innovation. New products, services and techniques abound. The risks of inflation, the volatility of interest rates, the deregulation of financial intermediaries and the unbundling of financial services have combined to present investment managers with challenges and opportunities far greater than in the past. For trustees and managers of pension, trust, endowment, and similar funds, the task of meeting the challenges and exploiting the opportunities is much more difficult. These fiduciaries must measure their investment decisions against c



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961923603321

Autore

Lammers-Keijsers Yvonne Marie Jacqueline <1974->

Titolo

Tracing traces from present to past : a functional analysis of pre-Columbian shell and stone artefacts from Anse a la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe, FWI / / Yvonne Marie Jacqueline Lammers-Keijsers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Leiden University Press, c2008

ISBN

9786611991418

9781281991416

1281991414

9789048505005

9048505003

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; ; 15

Disciplina

306

972.976

Soggetti

Indians of the West Indies - Guadeloupe - Antiquities

Kitchen-middens - Guadeloupe

Stone implements - Guadeloupe

Excavations (Archaeology) - Guadeloupe

Anse à la Gourde Site (Guadeloupe)

Morel Site (Guadeloupe)

Guadeloupe Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Functional Analysis - Methods and Techniques; 3. The processing of raw materials: ethnohistorical, ethnographical, archaeological and experimental data; 4. Anse a la Gourde; 5. Morel; 6. Towards an integral approach in the Lesser Antilles; References; Appendix 1: Code list use wear traces; Appendix 2: Shell artefact description, variables and possible entries; Samenvattin (Dutch summary); List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices

Sommario/riassunto

Unique study of the possibilities of functional analysis on shell implements, sheds light on the choices made in the past on tool use and the utilisation of different raw materials