Democratizing pension funds [[electronic resource] ] : corporate governance and accountability / / Ronald B. Davis |
Autore | Davis Ronald <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.67/254 |
Soggetto topico |
Pension trusts - Investments
Social responsibility of business Institutional investments - Social aspects Corporate governance Pension trusts - Management Institutional investors Régimes privés de retraite - Investissements Entreprises - Responsabilité sociale Investissements institutionnels - Aspect social Gouvernement d'entreprise Régimes privés de retraite - Gestion Investisseurs institutionnels |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-45699-7
9786612456992 0-7748-5607-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456294803321 |
Davis Ronald <1947-> | ||
Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratizing pension funds [[electronic resource] ] : corporate governance and accountability / / Ronald B. Davis |
Autore | Davis Ronald <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.67/254 |
Soggetto topico |
Pension trusts - Investments
Social responsibility of business Institutional investments - Social aspects Corporate governance Pension trusts - Management Institutional investors Régimes privés de retraite - Investissements Entreprises - Responsabilité sociale Investissements institutionnels - Aspect social Gouvernement d'entreprise Régimes privés de retraite - Gestion Investisseurs institutionnels |
ISBN |
1-282-45699-7
9786612456992 0-7748-5607-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Corporate Investment by Employee Pension Funds: A Deal with the Devil? -- Pension Fund Assets and Plan Members: A Question of Ownership? -- The Duties of Pension Fund Managers towards Plan Members with Respect to the Governance of Investee Corporations -- Corporate Law's Opportunities and Limitations for Pension Fund Corporate Governance Activity -- The Enhancing and Constraining Effects of Securities Regulation on Corporate Governance by Pension Funds -- Designing Democratic Corporate Governance Accountability Options -- Conclusion: Pension Funds Must Be Accountable to Plan Members for Using Corporate Governance to Enhance Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780848703321 |
Davis Ronald <1947-> | ||
Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratizing pension funds : corporate governance and accountability / / Ronald B. Davis |
Autore | Davis Ronald <1947-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.67/254 |
Soggetto topico |
Pension trusts - Investments
Social responsibility of business Institutional investments - Social aspects Corporate governance Pension trusts - Management Institutional investors Regimes prives de retraite - Investissements Entreprises - Responsabilite sociale Investissements institutionnels - Aspect social Gouvernement d'entreprise Regimes prives de retraite - Gestion Investisseurs institutionnels |
ISBN |
1-282-45699-7
9786612456992 0-7748-5607-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Corporate Investment by Employee Pension Funds: A Deal with the Devil? -- Pension Fund Assets and Plan Members: A Question of Ownership? -- The Duties of Pension Fund Managers towards Plan Members with Respect to the Governance of Investee Corporations -- Corporate Law's Opportunities and Limitations for Pension Fund Corporate Governance Activity -- The Enhancing and Constraining Effects of Securities Regulation on Corporate Governance by Pension Funds -- Designing Democratic Corporate Governance Accountability Options -- Conclusion: Pension Funds Must Be Accountable to Plan Members for Using Corporate Governance to Enhance Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828831303321 |
Davis Ronald <1947-> | ||
Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global capital flows to infrastructure investments : the institutional investors' perspectives / / Joseph B. Oyedele |
Autore | Oyedele Joseph B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gottingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 332.6725 |
Soggetto topico |
Institutional investors
Capitalism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-7369-4638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511720003321 |
Oyedele Joseph B. | ||
Gottingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global capital flows to infrastructure investments : the institutional investors' perspectives / / Joseph B. Oyedele |
Autore | Oyedele Joseph B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gottingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 332.6725 |
Soggetto topico |
Institutional investors
Capitalism |
ISBN | 3-7369-4638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794941303321 |
Oyedele Joseph B. | ||
Gottingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global capital flows to infrastructure investments : the institutional investors' perspectives / / Joseph B. Oyedele |
Autore | Oyedele Joseph B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gottingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 332.6725 |
Soggetto topico |
Institutional investors
Capitalism |
ISBN | 3-7369-4638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821366003321 |
Oyedele Joseph B. | ||
Gottingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Institutional investors in global capital markets [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 332.63 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoubakriNarjess
CossetJean-Claude |
Collana | International finance review |
Soggetto topico |
Institutional investors
Capital market Investments, Foreign |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-32016-9
9786613320162 1-78052-243-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Introduction to institutional investors in global capital markets -- pt. 2. Institutional investors : their economic and financial impact -- pt. 3. Investment preferences of institutional investors -- pt. 4. The benefits of sovereign wealth fund investments -- pt. 5. Sovereign wealth funds : do political objectives drive their asset location?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457780703321 |
Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Institutional investors in global capital markets [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 332.63 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoubakriNarjess
CossetJean-Claude |
Collana | International finance review |
Soggetto topico |
Institutional investments
Institutional investors Global custody (Securities) Business & Economics - Banks & Banking Business & Economics - Finance Finance Banking |
ISBN |
1-283-32016-9
9786613320162 1-78052-243-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction to institutional investors in global capital markets / Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset, Hyacinthe Y. Somé -- Financial liberalization and foreign institutional investors : literature review / Gohar G. Stepanyan -- Institutional investment horizon and firm credit ratings / Najah Attig, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami -- Divestment of foreign strategic investment in China's banking sector : causes and consequences / Yuhua Li, Konari Uchida -- Domestic and foreign institutional investor behavior in China : financial characteristics and corporate governance / Don Bredin, Ningyue Liu -- Institutional investors' participation in foreign firms : evidence from ADRs / Narjess Boubakri, Olfa Hamza, Maher Kooli -- Do foreign institutional investors (FIIs) exhibit herding and positive feedback trading in Indian stock markets? / Mangesh Tayde, S.V.D. Nageswara Rao -- Do financial conglomerates have an incentive to prevent managers of other firms from pursuing their own interest? / Carlos Alves, Victor Mendes -- The impact of foreign government investments : sovereign wealth fund investments in the United States / Elvira Sojli, Wing Wah Tham -- What do sovereign wealth funds imply for financial stability? / Tao Sun, Heiko Hesse -- Africa's quest for development : can sovereign wealth funds help? / Thouraya Triki, Issa Faye -- Portfolio allocation for sovereign wealth funds in the shadow of commodity-based national wealth / Christopher Balding, Yao Yao -- Are sovereign wealth funds politically biased? : a comparison with other institutional investors / Rolando Avendaño, Javier Santiso -- Sovereign wealth fund acquisitions : a comparative analysis with mutual funds / Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset, Nabil Samir. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781583303321 |
Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Institutional investors in global capital markets / / edited by Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 332.63 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoubakriNarjess
CossetJean-Claude |
Collana | International finance review |
Soggetto topico |
Institutional investments
Institutional investors Global custody (Securities) Business & Economics - Banks & Banking Business & Economics - Finance Finance Banking |
ISBN |
1-283-32016-9
9786613320162 1-78052-243-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction to institutional investors in global capital markets / Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset, Hyacinthe Y. Somé -- Financial liberalization and foreign institutional investors : literature review / Gohar G. Stepanyan -- Institutional investment horizon and firm credit ratings / Najah Attig, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami -- Divestment of foreign strategic investment in China's banking sector : causes and consequences / Yuhua Li, Konari Uchida -- Domestic and foreign institutional investor behavior in China : financial characteristics and corporate governance / Don Bredin, Ningyue Liu -- Institutional investors' participation in foreign firms : evidence from ADRs / Narjess Boubakri, Olfa Hamza, Maher Kooli -- Do foreign institutional investors (FIIs) exhibit herding and positive feedback trading in Indian stock markets? / Mangesh Tayde, S.V.D. Nageswara Rao -- Do financial conglomerates have an incentive to prevent managers of other firms from pursuing their own interest? / Carlos Alves, Victor Mendes -- The impact of foreign government investments : sovereign wealth fund investments in the United States / Elvira Sojli, Wing Wah Tham -- What do sovereign wealth funds imply for financial stability? / Tao Sun, Heiko Hesse -- Africa's quest for development : can sovereign wealth funds help? / Thouraya Triki, Issa Faye -- Portfolio allocation for sovereign wealth funds in the shadow of commodity-based national wealth / Christopher Balding, Yao Yao -- Are sovereign wealth funds politically biased? : a comparison with other institutional investors / Rolando Avendaño, Javier Santiso -- Sovereign wealth fund acquisitions : a comparative analysis with mutual funds / Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset, Nabil Samir. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818139003321 |
Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Institutional investors' power to change corporate behaviour : international perspectives / / edited by Suzanne Young, Stephen Gates |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, Yorkshire : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (452 p.) |
Disciplina |
658.4
658.408 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GatesStephen
YoungSuzanne |
Collana | Critical studies on corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability |
Soggetto topico |
Corporate governance
Corporations - Investor relations Institutional investors |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78190-771-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
FRONT COVER; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' POWER TO CHANGE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY AND REVIEW BOARD; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' POWER TO CHANGE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR: AN INTRODUCTION; ORIGIN AND PURPOSE; DISTINCTIVE APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' BEHAVIOR; INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY USING MULTIPLE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; THEMES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES
PART II: THE POWER OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS IN PROMOTING A SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA ORGANIZING THE COLLECTIVE ACTION OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: THREE CASE STUDIES FROM THE PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 - THE ORGANIZATION OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' COLLECTIVE ACTION: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; HOW DO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS COLLECTIVELY INFLUENCE CORPORATIONS ON ESG ISSUES?; HOW ENABLING ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' COLLECTIVE ACTION?; PART 2 - CONTEXT, METHOD AND DATA: THE PRINCIPLE FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE CONTEXT DATA ANALYSIS FACILITATING COLLECTIVE ACTION EMERGENCE; PART 3 - EVALUATING THE FRAMEWORK ACROSS THREE CASE STUDIES; SUPPORTING COLLECTIVE ACTION DEPLOYMENT; MAINTAINING CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION; PART 4 - DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT, ESG, AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS IN AUSTRALIA; RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN AUSTRALIA; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ENGAGEMENT; METHOD; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CORPORATE CLIMATE CHANGE DISCLOSURE PRACTICES AND REGULATION: THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; INTRODUCTION INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ON CLIMATE CHANGE DISCLOSURES INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES; INVESTOR USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION; CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; FINANCIALIZATION OF CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION; INTRODUCTION; ISSUES; DATA AND METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SHAREHOLDER RESOLUTIONS: INVESTOR ACTIVISM AND CORPORATE COMPROMISES; INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES; METHODOLOGY EMPIRICAL RESULTS DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, FIRM PERFORMANCE, AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: EVIDENCE FROM NEW ZEALAND; NATURE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR ETHICALLY/SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE; NEW ZEALAND CAPITAL MARKET AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: CONCEPTS, EVIDENCE, AND PROPOSITIONS; CAN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? EVIDENCE ON FINANCIAL IMPACT; DATA; RESULTS CONCLUSION |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453498203321 |
Bingley, Yorkshire : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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