Crypto Funds (CFs) represent a novel investor type in entrepreneurial finance. CFs intermediate Decentralized Finance (DeFi) markets by pooling contributions from crowd-investors and investing in tokenized startups, combining sophisticated venture- and hedge-style investment strategies. We...

Since the 1990s there has been a surge in the mutual fund industry across the world. Mutual funds offer individual investors both the diversification of investment risk and the expertise to monitor corporate decisions. We find the effect of mutual fund ownership in reducing corporate fraud...

On March 28, 2011, the U.K. Government took a bold step. It adopted legislation that made permanent, a temporary Debt Relief Act that limits vulture funds from being able to make massive profits from the 40 most impoverished countries debt in British courts, following a major campaign...

This piece contends that the way mutual funds are typically organized incentivizes fund managers to put their own interests ahead of fund shareholders. It goes on to argue that the legal regime in place to protect investors from such abuse is flawed, and that the late trading and market timing...

Currently, the regulation of hedge funds, private equity and sovereign wealth funds is lively debated. The activities developed by these investment vehicles on the financial markets are linked to the 2007-2009 financial crisis. While hedge funds are considered to have represented a cause of the...

O debate concorrencial sobre fundos de private equity concentra-se sobre a necessidade de submissão de suas operações à aprovação prévia pela autoridade antitruste. Pela revisão de literatura econômica e a interpretação de legislação, doutrina e jurisprudência do direito...

This article examines the post-financial crisis trends in the private equity industry. Although most research has followed the pre-crisis trends, we show that investors are demanding the inclusion of more investor-favorable compensation terms in limited partnership agreements. Our findings...

This Note discusses the Seventh Circuit decision in Jones v. Harris Associates, a case which was granted certiorari by the Supreme Court. Oral argument was heard on November 2, 2009 and a decision in the case is expected in early 2010. The Note weighs the standard promoted by Jones for...

This paper estimates to what extent proxy advice allows funds to vote as if they were informed. A fund’s vote is classified as “informed“ if the fund accessed the company’s proxy statement from the SEC’s Edgar website prior to voting. A fund’s proxy advisor, if any, is identified...