development of stock markets through a corporate governance channel‚ i.e. pension funds become large shareholders of publicly traded firms and therefore have the incentives to monitor managers and improve investor protections. This paper reviews the literature on the corporate governance channel associated with pension reforms in developing countries‚ and asks what we know and need to know about it. We know that pension funds are not yet large shareholders of publicly traded firms in developing countries
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Mutual Funds vs Fixed Deposits: Compare which is better! Comparison between mutual funds and fixed deposits is a long debate‚ especially when it comes to a comparison between fixed deposits and debt mutual funds. Even a few years ago‚ any conservative and risk averse investor would think investing in bank fixed deposits is better than mutual funds (debt or otherwise). Nevertheless‚ the market scenario has changed a lot in the recent years‚ and many a mutual funds family has come up with interest
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A Case Study On: “ Ethical Investment Processes and Outcomes” by Grant Michelson‚ Nike Wailes‚ Sandra Van der Laan‚ Geoff Frost. About the Author: Grant Michelson is a senior lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies‚ School of Business at University of Sydney‚ Nick Wails lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies‚ School of Business at University of Sydney‚ Sandra Van der Laan lecturer in Accounting and Business Law‚ School of Business at University of Sydney and Geoff Frost Senior lecturer
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Study of working of mutual fund & identify the various factors considered by the customer while going for investment in Mutual Fund A report submitted towards the partial fulfillment of the requirements of the two years full-time MBA Under the Supervision of Mrs. Yashika Aggarwal Faculty LMTSOM Submitted by Sumit Gandhi MBA (Manufacturing) Roll No: 50702045 [2007-09] [LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMNT] Table of content TOPIC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ABSTRACT LIST OF FIGURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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NOVEMBER 2011 Investor Presentation “SAFE HARBOR” DISCLAIMER This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements using words such as “estimates‚” “expects‚” “anticipates‚” “projects‚” “plans‚” “intends‚” “believes‚” “forecasts” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition‚ statements about anticipated future financial results‚ such
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haven investment. Gold investment is booming in recent year and the reasons behind this incident can be explained as the investor become more aware of the benefit of the gold and its special features. Gold demand for investment purpose accounted one-thirds of gold demand all over the world which is substantial influential (World Gold Council‚ 2009). Investment demand for gold has shown as significant increase in the last seven years as investor seeking the fashion to balance their investment portfolio
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The short of it: Investor sentiment and anomalies by* Robert F. Stambaugh‚ Jianfeng Yu‚ and Yu Yuan November 3‚ 2011 Abstract This study explores the role of investor sentiment in a broad set of anomalies in cross-sectional stock returns. We consider a setting in which the presence of marketwide sentiment is combined with the argument that overpricing should be more prevalent than underpricing‚ due to short-sale impediments. Long-short strategies that exploit the anomalies exhibit profits
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Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) Stabilisation in Investment Contracts and Changes of Rules in Host Countries: Tools for Oil & Gas Investors Peter D Cameron ACIArb PhD (University of Edinburgh)‚ LLB (Joint Honours) (University of Edinburgh) Professor of International Energy Law and Policy CEPMLP‚ University of Dundee‚ UK p.d.cameron@dundee.ac.uk FINAL REPORT 5 July 2006 © Copyright Peter D Cameron PDCameron/AIPN/Final Report. 5 July 2006 Table
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The question is should NASA fund asteroid studies? I think they should fund the asteroid studies because it could help us move to other places‚ it could save lives by building inventions that capture the asteroids‚ along with us trying to see if they have valuable resources. I believe it could help with protection‚ lifestyles and resources. The reasoning for these things is to help us out incase we try to move to a different places in our solar systems such as Mars. We could also try to build stuff
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INVESTMENT AVENUES 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT The money one earns is partly spent and the rest is saved for meeting future expenses‚ instead of keeping savings idle one may like to use savings in order to get returns on it in the future‚ this is called as investment. In an economic sense‚ an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance‚ an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide
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