Corporate Governance and Investment Fiduciaries

This book is concerned with the corporate governance aspects of managed investment funds, in particular the role and legal obligations of institutional investors in corporate governance and the legal duty of prudence imposed on fund managers and other market participants that have been entrusted with the management of funds by investors.The chapter titles are as follows: 1. Introduction 2. The Responsibilities of Institutional Investors as Shareholders 3. Legal Limits on Institutional Investors engaged in Corporate Governance 4. The Prudent Investor Rule and Index Investing 5. Hedge Funds 6. Innovative Investment Products 7. Socially Responsible Investments