The global financial crisis and its aftermath put into sharp relief the structure and performance of the global financial services industry. Questions have been raised as to what intermediaries separately and together add to the production of investment returns and social welfare (in general)....

By 2050, the world population is forecasted to reach 10 billion people, and consumption of natural resources is expected to increase four-fold above current rates. Radical resource innovation – across energy, agriculture, water, and waste – is required to prepare the world for this future....

Innovation and Energy are likely to be two of the most attractive investment themes in the coming years. The world is moving to an increasingly technical and digital age, and the search for renewable sources of energy intensifies as the detrimental impacts of climate change increase in frequency...

This paper sets out an analytical framework for understanding the nature and significance of cooperation and collaboration in beneficial financial institutions like pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. Recognising that these types of institutions rarely face competition for the flow of...

Institutional investors have long struggled to manage their own technology, and widely fail at using advanced investment-related technologies to create competitive advantages. These technological disadvantages have had many negative ramifications for institutional investors, such as being...

Sovereign development funds (SDFs) and strategic investment funds (SIFs) have become increasingly important investment vehicles for sustainable development. This paper explores how the design and governance of these funds aligns institutional capital with large, long-term investments such as...