Purpose The main purpose of this study was to examine the investment decision behaviour of retail investors in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted semi-structured interviews to solicit an understanding of six retail investors on investment decision behaviour in Malaysia....

Uncovers some of the misplaced marketing techniques of investment companies. Suggests that because the most valuable marketing tool for a new mutual fund is a strong performance record many companies provide “illusions” of certain returns. Asserts that new funds are launched directly to the...

This piece of research reports on a five‐year continuing longitudinal study on restaurant attrition in El Paso, Texas, utilizing business listings provided by the Southwestern Bell telephone company. This study has two main goals: to track initial investment so that the relationship between...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is first to give an in-depth discussion of the criticism of socially responsible investment's (SRI) alleged incompatibility with the concept of rational investment constituting an inferiority to conventional investment so as to disprove unwarranted arguments...

Considers whether financial risk management is value‐adding. Although risk management can reduce total risk, this may not affect the cost of capital or firm value. Well‐diversified investors have already eliminated all of the specific risk, and risk‐management may be seen as a zero NPV...

In the increasingly complex international private banking system, intermediaries are often used to connect client and service provider for investment and advisory services. In the creation of offshore trusts, for example, intermediaries are often used to identify and screen the foreign...

Examines factors that predict the successful sale of financial services to affluent investors. Reports on a study in which data were collected using a new set of scales that measure traits, selling strategies, and compliance‐gaining tactics. Results suggest that these tactics, called...

Probes affluent investor mutual fund investment decisions. Develops several different investor profiles from data on approximately 300 affluent investors. These investor types differ in sources of information regarding mutual fund investments, particularly the use of financial advisers, and in...

Looks at the savings market, its importance to building societies and the way it is changing, with specific reference to the competition from other sectors and the emergence of postal accounts. Five areas of focus are examined which may provide some ways forward for building societies in...