This chapter encapsulates the most recent findings on sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investment activity globally. The key …, SWF allocation strategies, their recent investment behavior and its likely evolution in the foreseeable future …

Impact investment has emerged as a socially aware response to contemporary socioeconomic challenges. The combined … pursuit of investment efficiency with proactive furtherance of socially beneficial goals appears particularly relevant in an … of impact investment: its origins, philosophy, taxonomy and evolution. The key research dilemma addressed herein boils …

Volatility is one of the most important factors of investment decisions. Unexpected information forces the investor to …

This study investigates the effects of economic cycles on abnormal value creation of buyouts (BO) and on the investment … corresponding PE funds, we find that investment activity of initial fund flows is slightly pro-cyclical, while reinvestment activity …

We examine the determinants of foreign real estate investment relative to the domestic case using the portfolios of a … large sample of publicly traded real estate investment companies; where foreign investment is defined as the property owner … holds when controlling for economic activity, real estate investment opportunities, depth and sophistication of the capital …

We examine the determinants of foreign real estate investment relative to the domestic case using the portfolios of a … large sample of publicly traded real estate investment companies; where foreign investment is defined as the property owner … holds when controlling for economic activity, real estate investment opportunities, depth and sophistication of the capital …

the causal effects of proximity on fund investment decisions and performance. We find that a fund invests significantly …