Since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been a resurgence of interest in economic and financial history among investment professionals. In July 2015 the Centre for Endowment Asset Management hosted a workshop at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge to discuss what practitioners need to know about financial history.
It brought together many of world’s leading academics in the area of financial market history, as well as some 30 senior investment professionals. This workshop was supported by the CFA Research Institute Foundation as well as Carn Marco Advisors, CFA Society United Kingdom, Credit Suisse, Fidelity International, J.P. Morgan, Newton Investment Management and Sandaire. The book, edited by Dr David Chambers and Professor Elroy Dimson, was published by the CFA Research Institute Foundation end of 2016. It consists of a series of chapters first presented as this workshop, together with several other important contributions.
What do investment practitioners need to know about financial history?
Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today – is a new book which investigates the answers to this question in detail.
Edited by David Chambers and Professor Elroy Dimson from the Centre for Endowment Asset Management at the University of Cambridge, the book brings together contributions from 22 globally leading financial historians. Subjects and themes include; the risk and return of asset classes over the long run, historical development of stock markets, stock market bubbles and the role of innovation in financial markets.
Financial Market History: Reflections on the past for investors today establishes why the study of financial history has such important practical significance for the current economic environment. It explains how the financial crises and turbulence of the last decade will be a predictive driver for future finance research. It highlights what we can learn about the risk trade-off on the historical returns of assets classes, and explores the historical evolution of how financial claims are traded.
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Harold James talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Janette Rutterford, Professor of Financial Management, The Open University Business School, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about her chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Professor Elroy Dimson, Director at the Centre for Endowment Asset Management, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, talks about the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Antti Ilmanen, Principal, AQR Capital Management, LLC, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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David Chambers, Academic Director, Centre for Endowment Asset Management, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, and Co-editor of the Financial Market History book, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Christophe Spaenjers, Associate Professor, HEC Paristalks, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Jan Annaert, Professor of Finance, University of Antwerp, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Caroline Fohlin, Professor of Economics, Emory University, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about her chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Larry Neal, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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D’Maris Coffman Senior Lecturer, University College London, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about her chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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K Geert Rouwenhorst, Professor of Corporate Finance, Yale School of Management, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Charles (Charley) D Ellis, Author and Founder of Greenwich Associates, talks to the CFA Institute Research Foundation about his chapter in the Financial Market History book. Copyright 2015, CFA Institute Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
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