Pension fund capitalism is a new, albeit evolving, stage of Anglo-American capital market development. It is marked by the ability of pension funds to aggregate the widely disbursed ownership of beneficiaries and therefore act as single entities with a unified voice. Pension funds within their...

Does Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) affect society in the 21st century? This book explores various facets of SRI to address its potential and limits to create societal change. Little research has been undertaken on the societal impacts of SRI. With this book we contribute to this debate,...

Institutional investors, primarily pension funds, dominate global financial markets. Increasingly, these investors are turning their attention to emerging markets and applying both traditional financial and non-financial metrics to their investment decisions. Following the 1998 Asian Financial...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Understanding Pension Fund Corporate Engagement -- Intersecting Interests -- The Economic Inefficiency of Secrecy -- Why Do They Care? -- Global Standards and Emerging Markets -- The Way Forward -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Glossary of Terms -- Notes...