The Institute for Global Asset and Risk Management is launching an online library and continuing education centre featuring current research on investment management, risk management, economic trends and regulatory frameworks.
Ingarm’s mission is to provide an open platform that facilitates the exchange of information, transparency and research among governments, policy makers, academics and the investment management community.
Garry B. Crowder, Ingarm director, says: “Our goal is to support a global education and research initiative that provides academic research and intelligent discourse on current economic, regulatory and market issues. The text books or reference materials often used by regulators and the judiciary are several years out of date simply as a result of the time lag in publishing. As a consequence, decision makers are establishing policy based on outdated market or business models rather than on the current reality of financial markets.”
Ingarm has developed a group of research associates who provide white papers and reports to the online library. The research associates include well-known academics, research specialists, former regulators and investment management professionals.
Ingarm is open to accepting research, white papers and books from academics, market participants and industry watchers for inclusion on its site.
It plans to gather and disseminate new research to its constituent community and to the public through print publications, seminars and online.
Ingarm also provides continuing education courses and certificate programmes and offers varying levels of support to designation programmes such as the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association.
