This paper adds to the literatures on socially responsible investment (SRI), investment management, regulation of financial services and social accounting by providing a comprehensive survey of investment methods used in SRI products and regulated social reporting in financial services....

The return to economic liberalism in the Anglo-Saxon world was motivated by the apparent failure of Keynesian economic management to control the stagflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. In this context, the theories of economic liberalism, championed by Friederich von Hayek, Milton Friedman and...

During the 1930s and 1940s, New Zealand seemed to achieve a large measure of financial independence from Britain, as a result of the establishment of a central bank, the wartime rise in sterling balances, and the aversion of politicians to official overseas borrowing. During the 1950s, however,...

New Zealand's Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 imposes licensing on financial product market operators. With licensing comes an obligation to monitor and regulate the market which is not currently provided by over-the-counter markets such as Unlisted and ShareMart. Licensing these markets...