Asset management is often used as the synonym of investment management(e.g. land property investment) or fund management. Asset manager is a person that usually specializes in discretionary or advisory management, is a provider of different asset management services and works with private investors.

So, asset management is a very wide definition. Many investors call it private banking or wealth management. Asset management includes many different aspects and relative fields among them are asset and stock selection, monitoring  of investments, asset trading etc. Asset management is a great industry today that has a global meaning. In other words it is taking care of huge sums of money in different currents all over the world. Today there are many private asset management firms that provide different asset management services. Any asset management company tries to offer some interesting ideas, concepts and techniques of funds management to its clients.

There are also some international asset management organizations and associations that are not-profit and organized by investors of different countries for their own needs and international assistance. Lots of huge and world known brands and investors are members of such associations. So it is really possible to talk about global asset management. Nowadays when competition among private businessmen and companies is very high it is desirable to know at least basic principles of asset management to feel more comfortable in the business world. Dozens of books are devoted to fundamental theory of asset management  as well as to the specific aspects of this, especially to asset trading, because it seems to be the most profitable. Much information on this topic can be found in the Internet, of course. It is also possible to attend special training programs and courses organized by asset management companies for ordinary people willing to know how to "take care" of their assets and funds.