Asset Management Books Recommendation

Does anyone have any books I can read on Asset Management? Career choices, paths, what it encompasses.

Would like a few recommendations to see what I can read on my free time. I'm a junior in college and I'd like to aim for Asset management being that it seems like the most interesting to me.

 

Traditional asset management? Wealth management? Alternative investments? FoF?

[quote]The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.[/quote]
 

The biggest question will be the where and what. 40 act? (US ETFs/MFs) UCITS? client accounts in individual securities, etc? The rules and structure vary by jurisdiction and vehicle.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Your bonus will obviously be a function of how well the whole portfolio does, but as an associate, your risk/reward is much more inelastic than a higher-level senior analyst or PM, so you are somewhat protected.

You will definitely not make close to as much as IB, but your hours will be much better.

Depending on exactly what you are doing, ideal exit opportunities would be to a HF.

 

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