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Institutional investors, risk/performance and corporate governance
Modern portfolio theory suggests that investors minimize risk for a given level of expected return by carefully choosing the proportions of various assets.
Seamer, Michael +2 more
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The role of institutional investors in the UK economy
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The purpose of this research is to investigate the importance of institutional investors in the UK economy, in particular, the capital market. Institutional
Dhaliwal, Spinder, Dhaliwal, S
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MODERATING EFFECT OF BOARD GENDER DIVERSITY ON INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR AND AGENCY COST
This study aims to provide empirical evidence of the influence of institutional investors on agency costs and to predict the role of board gender diversity in moderating the impact of institutional investors on agency costs.
Elva Nuraina Elva +2 more
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Corporations undergo growth, maturity and decline, stages which form the corporate life cycle. This study discusses the influence of group, firm and time effects on enterprise performance variation at the different life cycle stages of Taiwan’s ...
Chiau-Shi Yang, Jonchi Shyu
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Herding by institutional investors: empirical evidence from French mutual funds [PDF]
In this paper, we use the traditional herding measure of Lakonishok, Shleifer and Vishny (1992) (LSV indicator) and a more recent measure by Frey, Herbst and Walter (2007) (FHW indicator) in order to assess the intensity of herding by French equity ...
Sébastien Ringuedé +3 more
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Earnings informativeness and institutional investors on boards
We study the role of directors appointed by banks and those appointed by investment funds in the informativeness of accounting earnings in a low investor protection environment with a high presence of institutional directors.
Carolina Bona-Sánchez +2 more
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Institutional investors now exceed individual investors in number of shares held. To provide empirical support for the stewardship role of institutional investors, we examine the relationships of the presence of stewardship code-compliant institutional ...
Ji Seon Yoo, Ja Eun Koo
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The role of pension funds as institutional investors in emerging markets
In recent years, a growing number of Emerging Market Economies, as well as most advanced countries, have witnessed growth of pension funds as institutional investors.
Davis, EP
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Corporate Communications with Institutional Investors
How do UK companies communicate with their institutional shareholders? This issue is of considerable importance to policy makers, accounting bodies and financial market regulators.
Holland, J.B.
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Institutional Investors and Stock Market Volatility [PDF]
We present a theory of excess stock market volatility, in which market movements are due to trades by very large institutional investors in relatively illiquid markets. Such trades generate significant spikes in returns and volume, even in the absence of
Xavier Gabaix +3 more
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