'Institutional investment before the First World War. The Union Marine Insurance Company, 1897-1915' in S Marriner (ed), Business and Businessmen. Studies in business, economic and accounting history

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Author(s) Anderson, B L
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1978
Pages pp37-79
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Place Published Liverpool

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Name Securities investment practice & process
Name Investors & investor behaviour

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Explores changes in size and composition of Union's investment portfolio and, at a micro level, the factors influencing investment management in the years before the First World War. Provides tables showing analysis of the portfolio as well as schedules of securities, in particular highlighting the holdings of overseas securities. Sheds much light on the important Liverpool insurance industry generally and on the firm in particular