Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Purchase books on asset management for your library collection

Books make great reference tools you can pull off the shelf and thumb through any time.

I recommend: Order The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk, by William Berstein. Published in 2000, the book offers time-tested techniques that will deliver what the book's title promises. Although geared to the do-it-yourself investor, the asset management book still provides useful information to professionals, too. Order a copy of the 11th edition of Fundamentals of Financial Management, by James Van Horne and John Wachowicz. Published in 2000, the user-friendly reference book deals with investment, financing and asset management, the three primary decision-making areas of financial management.

Explore asset manager publications like journals and newspapers for in-depth research or quick news

When you need information on specific topics, check out asset management journals for research and or continuing professional education. Try news publications when you need the most current information.

I recommend: Subscribe to Journal of Asset Management, an international journal that provides its readers with detailed, authoritative analyses, research, reports and reviews on the latest thinking and developments occurring within the asset management industry. Consider a subscription to the Journal of Digital Asset Management if you develop, deploy or maintain digital asset management systems or assets. The bi-monthly asset management journal lets readers stay up-to-date with the latest developments in this fast emerging field. Subscribe to Private Asset Management, an asset management publication delivering the latest information on marketing investment management, financial services and advisory services. The bi-weekly publication covers breaking news on independent investment management firms, private banks, family offices, hedge funds, consultants, insurance companies and broker/dealer units catering to the wealthy. Once you order your subscription, you'll also gain access to the publication's companion website with rolling news and research archive, email alerts, bi-weekly email updates and a downloadable PDF version of the newest issue the Friday before it comes out in print Monday morning.

Subscribe to asset management magazines for current trends, news and analyses

The right private asset management publication or other asset management magazine can provide you with powerful and current content to keep you abreast of issues affecting your industry.

I recommend: Consider a subscription to Financial Management for your office. The official magazine of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants contains economic news, company profiles and business resources useful to financial managers and accountants. Bookmark Investment Advisor, an online and print magazine that offers asset management articles in addition to all the other articles of interest to today's financial investors and managers. Add the online magazine Wall Street & Technology Asset Management section to the list of favorites on your computer for current industry news and developments.

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Title a new folder Asset Management Publications, and place it on your desktop for quick and easy access. Place the online sources you trust most inside for immediate access.