Purpose – To describe the fraudulent activity of investment manager Kirk S. Wright and to discuss its implications for investors and professional associations. Design/methodology/approach – Describes how Mr Wright established and built his fund business, how he solicited investors, how he...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain legislative and regulatory changes and related developments that will be of interest to hedge funds and other private funds as they traverse the shifting regulatory landscape in 2012. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a general...

Purpose To explain the import of a recent enforcement action by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against an investment adviser for failing to prevent insider trading against the context of an unsettled legal definition of “insider trading” as evidenced by the issue presented...

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technologies could rationalize data processes from acquisition to decision making if future research is focused on the exact needs of industry. This article contributes to this field by examining and categorizing the applications available through IoT...

Real estate is an inherently inflexible asset, yet corporate real estate managers increasingly need to find ways in which flexibility can be achieved. Shorter planning horizons, increasing corporate experimentation and growth through mergers and acquisition are but a few of the influences which...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the development of public sector real estate asset management in the UK from the 1980s to the present day. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a narrative based upon a chronology of a selection of the reports, studies and research of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of operational property asset management in Scottish Councils and the extent to which this achieves best value. Appropriate criteria for evaluating asset management effectiveness include the effective use of capital resources,...

Many organisations have increased collaborative performance by introducing new technologies and new processes; by integrating these with innovations in the working environment they can catalyse additional and sustained improvements in collaborative performance. If planned, designed and managed...

Purpose This paper sets out to understand the impact of the ambient environment on perceived comfort, health, wellbeing and by extension productivity in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach The research combined an occupant survey considering satisfaction with the ambient environment,...

Purpose – This paper aims to study how the trajectory of fundamental values affects price discovery in an experimental asset market. Design/methodology/approach – An experiment is conducted with two treatments, in which the time path of fundamentals differs between treatments. In the peak...