Download or read book Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance written by Theodor Baums and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contains 23 articles by international experts, both scholars and practioners dealing with the development of institutional investors (such as banks, insurances, investment companies, pension funds etc.), their investment and voting policies, the impact on managements of the companies concerned and related issues. The consequences of the international development on capital markets as well as policy implications for the respective national legislations are treated.
Download or read book Reframing Finance written by Ashby Monk and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 2008 financial crisis, beneficiary organizations—like pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and foundations—have been seeking ways to mitigate the risk of their investments and make better financial decisions. For them, Reframing Finance offers a path forward. This book argues that institutional investors would better serve their long-term goals by putting money into large-scale, future-facing projects such as infrastructure, green energy, innovation in agriculture, and real estate development. At the same time, redirecting long-term investments would close significant financial gaps that government cannot. Drawing on key contributions in economic sociology, social network theory, and economics, the book conceptualizes a collaborative model of investment that is already becoming increasingly common: Large investors contribute more directly to private market assets, while financial intermediaries seek to foster co-investment partnerships, better aligning incentives for all. A combination of rich case studies and rigorous theory enables asset owners to move toward more efficient, private-market investing, while also laying groundwork for research at the frontier of finance.
Download or read book Institutional Investors written by E. Philip Davis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004-01-30 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important recent developments in financial markets is the institutionalization of saving associated with the growth of pension funds, life insurance companies, and mutual funds. An increasing proportion of household saving is now managed by professional portfolio managers instead of being directly invested in the securities markets or held in the form of bank deposits. With the aging of the population and its adverse impact on public pension systems, the shift of individual savings to institutional investors is likely to become even more marked in the coming years. This book provides a comprehensive economic assessment of institutional investment. It charts the development and performance of the asset management industry and analyzes the implications of rising institutionalized saving for the development of the securities trading industry, the financial sector as a whole, and the wider economy. The book draws extensively on international experience, particularly in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.
Download or read book Institutional Investor Activism written by William Bratton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past two decades has witnessed unprecedented changes in the corporate governance landscape in Europe, the US and Asia. Across many countries, activist investors have pursued engagements with management of target companies. More recently, the role of the hostile activist shareholder has been taken up by a set of hedge funds. Hedge fund activism is characterized by mergers and corporate restructuring, replacement of management and board members, proxy voting, and lobbying of management. These investors target and research companies, take large positions in `their stock, criticize their business plans and governance practices, and confront their managers, demanding action enhancing shareholder value. This book analyses the impact of activists on the companies that they invest, the effects on shareholders and on activists funds themselves. Chapters examine such topic as investors' strategic approaches, the financial returns they produce, and the regulatory frameworks within which they operate. The chapters also provide historical context, both of activist investment and institutional shareholder passivity. The volume facilitates a comparison between the US and the EU, juxtaposing not only regulatory patterns but investment styles.
Download or read book Les Hedge Funds written by Gérard Marie Henry and published by Editions Eyrolles. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le livre qui démythifie un phénomène financier singulièrement inquiétant ! Véritable phénomène, les hedge funds utilisent des techniques de gestion alternative qui leur permettent de spéculer sur des marchés divers. L'objectif de cet ouvrage est de les démythifier en répondant à plusieurs questions essentielles : Que sont les hedge funds ? Quels instruments et techniques utilisent-ils ? Comment sont-ils réglementés ? Quel est leur rôle sur les marchés de capitaux ? Faut-il investir dans les hedge funds ? S'appuyant sur de nombreux exemples d'actualité, ce livre, qui ne nécessite pas de connaissance particulière du sujet, permet de mieux connaître les spécificités des hedge funds ainsi que les enjeux et les risques liés à leur développement.
Download or read book Asset Management and Institutional Investors written by Ignazio Basile and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses investment management policies for institutional investors. It is composed of four parts. The first one analyses the various types of institutional investors, institutions which, with different objectives, professionally manage portfolios of financial and real assets on behalf of a wide variety of individuals. This part goes on with an in-depth analysis of the economic, technical and regulatory characteristics of the different types of investment funds and of other types of asset management products, which have a high rate of substitutability with investment funds and represent their natural competitors. The second part of the book identifies and investigates the stages of the investment portfolio management. Given the importance of strategic asset allocation in explaining the ex post performance of any type of investment portfolio, this part provides an in-depth analysis of asset allocation methods, illustrating the different theoretical and operational solutions available to institutional investors. The third part describes performance assessment, its breakdown and risk control, with an in-depth examination of performance evaluation techniques, returns-based style analysis approaches, and performance attribution models. Finally, the fourth part deals with the subject of diversification into alternative asset classes, identifying the common characteristics and their possible role within the framework of investment management policies. This part analyses hedge funds, private equity, real estate, commodities, and currency overlay techniques.
Download or read book Institutional Investors written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Institutional Investors In Global Capital Markets written by Narjess Boubakri and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines various issues concerning the strategies of institutional investors, the role of institutional investors in corporate governance, their impact on local and international capital markets, as well as the emergence of sovereign and other asset management funds and their interactions with micro and macro economic and market environments.
Download or read book Procyclical Behavior of Institutional Investors During the Recent Financial Crisis written by Mr.Michael G Papaioannou and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper (i) provides evidence on the procyclical investment behavior of major institutional investors during the global financial crisis; (ii) identifies the main factors that could account for such behavior; (iii) discusses the implications of procyclical behavior; and (iv) proposes a framework for sound investment practices for long-term investors. Such procyclical investment behavior is understandable and may be considered rational from an individual institution’s perspective. However, our main conclusion is that behaving in a manner consistent with longterm investing would lead to better long-term, risk-adjusted returns and, importantly, could lessen the potential adverse effects of the procyclical investment behavior of institutional investors on global financial stability.
Download or read book Institutional Investors in Global Markets written by Gordon L. Clark and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about what institutional investors do, how they do it, and when and where they do it; it is about the production of investment returns in the global economy. Being a book about the production process, it also tackles some of the key issues found in the academic literature on the theory of the firm.
Download or read book Hedge Funds and Managed Futures written by Greg N. Gregoriou and published by . This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding collection of contributions from international academics and practitioners will help institutional investors navigate the complexities of hedge fund investment and CTAs
Download or read book Managed Futures for Institutional Investors written by Galen Burghardt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to institutional investing success Managed Futures for Institutional Investors is an essential guide that walks you through the important questions that need to be addressed before investing in this asset class and contains helpful direction for investors during the investing process. Backed by years of institutional experience, the authors reveal the opportunities offered by managed futures. They also include information on practices in the managed futures area and present the various analytical tools and building blocks required to use managed futures effectively. The book also contains insight on the issues that must be addressed when building and evaluating portfolios. Shows where to find data to evaluate managed futures and explains how managed futures are regulated Offers guidance on how to apply classic portfolio construction tools to managed futures Reveals how managed futures investments can help investors evaluate and meet risk, return, and liquidity objectives Managed Futures for Institutional Investors provides all the practical information to manage this type of investment well.
Download or read book Institutional Activism in Corporate Governance written by Wenge Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, this book examines whether qualified foreign institutional investors (QFIIs), through their shareholder activism, have a meaningful positive impact on the corporate governance of firms listed on the mainland Chinese stock market. Capital flows into and out of China are still subject to tight controls, and the QFII scheme is one important avenue through which QFIIs can become invested in the Chinese stock market. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in learning about ways to invest in one of the world’s largest economies. Wang discusses in depth what specific opportunities, challenges and restrictions to expect in the process, and how investing in China differs from investing in countries with a more open capital account.
Download or read book Chains of Finance written by Diane-Laure Arjaliès and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment is no longer a matter of individual savers directly choosing which shares or bonds to buy. Rather, most of their money flows through a 'chain': an often extended sequence of intermediaries. What goes on in that chain is of huge importance: The world's investment managers, who are now almost as well paid as top bankers, control assets equivalent in value to around a year of total global economic output. In Chains of Finance, five social scientists discuss the ways in which the intermediaries in the chain influence each other, channel the flows of savers' money, enhance investment decisions, and form audiences for each other's performances of financially competent selves. The central argument of the book is that investment management is fashioned profoundly by the opportunities and constraints this chain creates. Whether chains constrain or enable, however, they always entangle, tying intermediaries to each other - silently and profoundly shaping the investment management industry. Chains of Finance is a novel analysis that will make students, social scientists, financial professionals, and regulators looking at the workings of financial markets in a new light. A must-read for anyone looking for insights into the decision-making processes of investment managers and those influenced by and working for them.
Download or read book Institutional Investors Statistical Yearbook 2000 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2000-10-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutional investors (insurance companies, investment companies and pension funds) are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. The role of institutional investors as financial intermediaries and their impact on ...
Download or read book Annuaire Europ en European Yearbook written by Council of Europe Staff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "European Yearbook promotes the scientific study of nineteen European supranational organisations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Each volume contains a detailed survey of the history, structure and yearly activities of each organisation and an up-to-date chart providing a clear overview of the member states of each organisation. Each volume contains a comprehensive bibliography covering the year's relevant publications.
