Essays Tagged: "institutional investors"

Corporate governance: Role of institutional investors

Institutional investors have become predominant players in financial markets and their influence wor ... wide is growing. The abuse of power by many corporations has prompted increased the need for active institutional participation to enforce governance practices. Only institutional investors will have ... ors will have sufficient stake to be able to hold large corporations accountable. Encouraged by the institutional investors, responsible companies are now examining their own practices and are followi ...

(12 pages) 564 1 3.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Electronic Communications Networks in China.

1.)Instinet, a Reuter subsidiary and a network established in 1969 to allow mutual funds and other institutional investors to post orders anonymously at prices inside the wide spreads remains the big ... st ECN. It trades in more than 40 stock markets including the NYSE. Most ECNs like Instinet are for institutional customers only. However, The Island and Archipelago, owned by Datek Holdings, an onlin ...

(5 pages) 49 0 1.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Define institutional investors. Do institutional investors exercise too much power in relation to corporate governance?

1. Define the institutional investor:1.1 The Meaning of Institutional Investors:Institutional investors are divers ... s, mutual funds and insurance companies, among others. The relationship between the company and the institutional investor can be described as investor relationship and business relationship.1.2 Some ... g Ltd (PBL), and JG Service Pty Limited.1.3 Percentages of Australian listed companies are owned by institutional investors:Recently, there are nearly half of the stock of large listed public Australi ...

(16 pages) 188 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Theoretical framework of corporate governance.

gated that effective corporate governance involves a multi-faceted set of activities, which involve institutional investors, insider and outsider board membership and equity ownership, board committee ...

(2 pages) 164 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EMERGING BOND MARKET

of the emerging bond market, The market has proved to be quite popular with a substantial amount of institutional investors across the globe. For example, J.P. Morgan's global emerging markets Bond In ...

(7 pages) 36 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Review of The Article: Hillman, Amy J., Shropshire, Christine, Cannella Jr., Albert A.2007.Organizational Predictors of Women on Corporate Boards .Academy of Management Journal,50(4):941-952

e women on their board of directors and others don't? Later case exists although "popular press and institutional investors do pressure for greater female directors on board" (p.941) and "observable d ...

(5 pages) 30 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Debt Versus Equity Financing Paper

than one year. Examples of debt financing are "selling bonds, bills, or notes to individual and/or institutional investors" (Investopedia, 2010, para. 1).Equity FinancingEquity financing is raising m ...

(4 pages) 45 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Brief review of the article: Hillman, Amy J., Shropshire, Christine, Cannella Jr., Albert A.2007.Organizational predictors Of Women on corporate boards .Academy of Management Journal,50(4):941-952

e women on their board of directors and others don't? Later case exists although "popular press and institutional investors do pressure for greater female directors on board" (p.941) and "observable d ...

(5 pages) 25 0 0.0 Sep/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers