Purpose – Where there has been little in‐depth understanding of sovereign wealth funds, the purpose of this paper is to describe the complex nature of one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Temasek Holdings (“Temasek”), whose “active” investment strategy has been emulated...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the political aspects of sovereign wealth fund investment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a case study approach, bringing together various news articles and reports from around the world to build a picture of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight a number of issues surrounding the sovereign wealth investment activities of the Chinese Government in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a case study approach, bringing together various news articles and reports from...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the passage of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act (SOX) on a number of governance and governance‐related characteristics, such as board structure and committee composition, as well as the effect of those changes (if any) on both...

Purpose – A regulatory wave will follow the current financial turmoil. The purpose of this paper is to warn that although new regulation is necessary, there is a danger of strangulation of the financial market which can only be avoided with a paradigm shift in the way data are collected and...