We analyze the performance of international equity SMAs over 1986-2003. We find that performance persists at both the country and individual SMA level. Best performing countries continue to outperform and best performing SMAs continue to outperform, even after controlling for market, firm size,...

Regulators and researchers alike have focused significant attention on the structure of the corporate board. In general, the results of prior empirical studies suggest that larger boards are costly to firms because of communication and co-ordination problems. How firms use committees to mitigate...