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Using pension funds in infrastructure finance in Africa : the case of NEPAD projects

Chuckun, Vedvyas Sharma - 2010

.6 trillion of which US$16.2 trillion isheld by pension funds (Inderst, 2009). Infrastructure investments provide … infrastructure investments especially in the NEPADinfrastructure projects. The global trends in pension fund investments in … infrastructure arereviewed to propose a model for infrastructure investments by African pension funds andsome recommendations are put …

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Factors influencing venture capitalist's project financing decisions in South Africa

Van Deventer, Albertus Gert - 2008

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Venture capital is a major source of funding for the entrepreneurial community and usually focuses on the early stage, more risk orientated business endeavours. This study explores and identifies the investment criteria used by South African venture capitalists in their venture...

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Performance Evaluation of Global Equity Managers

Roshak, Kevin - 2009

How does a “flat” world affect the global investment landscape? Historically, institutional equity managers have been separated into two groups: US and non-US. Managers with a US mandate typically only invest in stocks domiciled in the US, whereas managers with a non-US mandate only invest...

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Unmapped Holdings and the Performance Measurement of U.S. Equity Mutual Funds

Hunter, David L. - 2009

This paper investigates a dataset that provides information about assets heldby U.S. equity mutual funds, but are not U.S. equities (`unmapped holdings'). Ishow the widespread presence of these assets and investigate how they are usedwithin mutual fund portfolios. I find that their effects are...

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Tortoise Wins Again

Rittiner, David - 1987

Homeowners who pay off their mortgages faster than required in order to minimize interest expenses may not be maximizing their wealth. A comparison between a 15-year and a 30-year mortgage payout -- using constant assumptions in regard to mortgage rate, tax rate, investment rate, loan amount,...

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Neurofinance and investment behaviour

Sahi, Shalini Kalra - In: Studies in economics and finance 29 (2012) 4, pp. 246-267

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Sukuk investment : comparison of the profits obtained by using Ijarah and Musharakah Mutanaqisah principles with long-term tenure

Jalil, Mariam Jamilah Abdul; Zuriah Abdul Rahman - In: Qualitative research in financial markets 4 (2012) 2/3, pp. 206-227

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Stock price reactions to ESG News : the role of ESG ratings and disagreement

Serafeim, George; Yoon, Aaron - 2020 - This draft: October 2020

We investigate whether ESG ratings predict future ESG news and the associated market reactions. We find that the consensus rating predicts future news, but its predictive ability diminishes for firms with large disagreement between raters. Relation between news and market reaction is moderated...

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Implementing a student-managed cryptoasset fund in a finance curriculum

Carpenter, Tim - In: Managerial finance 48 (2022) 4, pp. 577-586

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Financing technology's frontier : decision-making models for investors and advisors

Shanley, Richard P. - 2004 - 2. ed.

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