1. What Is Asset Management and
What Are the Various Ways of
Doing It?

2. Efficiency is the soul of success. No matter what sphere of
your life you analyse, you will notice, being as efficient as possible
will always bring about a better result. Therefore, the ability to
analyse and improve the efficiency of various assets within their
particular spheres is what makes asset management such an
important tool in the financial world.
This tool is applied to tangible assets, such as buildings and
products, and to intangible assets, such as intellectual property
and good will. It facilitates greater returns and monitors and
maintains systems in order to provide the best service possible.

3. Are we managing our wealth well?
This means finding a financial institution that suits our
purposes.
Does it have the easy access we require through net or
mobile banking?
Is the interest rate offered on our savings account better
than other banks?
Are we being provided with the best avenues to invest
our surplus savings, which will provide high returns?

4. The answers to these questions will allow us to
determine whether or not a particular financial
institution or account is best suited to our needs.
This wealth management can be done by us, the
account holder however it is always better to ask a
professional for help and any good financial institution
will have employees that can provide you with
avenues to increase you earnings.

5. Life Cycle of Assets

6. Portfolio Management
Once you have begun to truly invest your surplus
savings, you must ensure that you invest only in
profitable ventures and create a portfolio that will
allow you to reap either short-term or long-term
benefits; based on the kind of investments you want to
make.
However, management of a portfolio does not come
easily to most of us. Hence there are professionals at
various financial institutions that can advise us on the
same or handle our portfolios for us.

7. Before investing in a particular company or venture, it is
always sensible to find out as much as possible about
their financial situation and projections. Usually this
means dealing with people in investor relations.
They will provide you, a potential investor, as well as the
shareholders with any information regarding the shares
of the company as well as its financial stability. Based
on the information provided you can make a more
informed decision on whether you wish to invest there
or not.

8. • There are various kinds of financial institutions available
that can provide you with the services we have
discussed. However investment banks deal solely in
these matters and are exceptionally tailored to advise
on how best to invest your savings. They even provide
this same service for companies and governments at a
much larger scale, making them ideally suited for your
investment needs.