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Zulassung von Hedge-Fonds in Deutschland: Fluch oder Segen?
Erke, Burkhard; Marquardt, Ralf-M. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 84 (2004) 5, pp. 309-316
Seit Jahresanfang ist in Deutschland die Auflage von Hedge-Fonds erlaubt. In der Beurteilung solcher Fonds gibt es erhebliche Unterschiede. Während viele Beobachter vor dem Hintergrund ausländischer Erfahrungen die einzel- und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Gefahren der „Zockerportfolios“...
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Investment style of Jordanian mutual funds
Hacini, Ishaq; Dahou, Khadra; Benbouziane, Mohamed - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 5 (2012) 2, pp. 113-127
The study investigates the mutual funds investment style in the Jordanian context. It uses monthly returns of five mutual funds from July 2000 to December 2009. To do so, it employs the 4-factors model with explanatory variables the market portfolio return, a small minus large capitalization...
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Fund managers - Why the best might be the worst: On the evolutionary vigor of risk-seeking behavior
Witte, Björn-Christopher - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-24, pp. 1-29
This article explores the influence of competitive conditions on the evolutionary fitness of different risk preferences. As a practical example, the professional competition between fund managers is considered. To explore how different settings of competition parameters, the exclusion rate and...
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The impact of human capital efficiency on Latin American mutual funds during Covid-19 outbreak
Mirza, Nawazish; Hasnaoui, Jamila Abaidi; Naqvi, Bushra; … - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 156 (2020) 1, pp. 1-7
The mutual funds' returns, inter alia, are dependent on fund managers' performance. This makes human capital efficiency very central for consistent risk-adjusted performance. The persistence in performance becomes more critical during periods of high turbulence, like the one we are experiencing...
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Finanzierungs- und Governance-Strukturen im Wandel: Arbeitsteilung zwischen Banken und Private Equity Fonds
Neuberger, Doris - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 1, pp. 143-155
Die Strukturen der Unternehmensfinanzierung und -kontrolle haben sich weltweit grundlegend verändert, gekennzeichnet durch neue Kapitalmarktinstrumente, verstärktes Auftreten von Nichtbank-Finanzintermediären sowie zunehmende Arbeitsteilung zwischen den Marktteilnehmern. Der vorliegende...
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Interessenvertretung in globalen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken - Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Befunde
Lohmeyer, Nora; Sydow, Jörg - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 28 (2021) 2, pp. 103-119
Globale Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke haben als Organisationsform ökonomischer Aktivitäten in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Zurückgeblieben ist demgegenüber trotz der massiven Betroffenheit vieler Interessengruppen - nicht nur, aber besonders der Beschäftigten -...
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Debt collection prevention management of receivables/debt in a company
Stach, Dariusz - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 2, pp. 71-82
, especially in times of crisis. This paper presents the receivables/debts management system known as Debt Collection Prevention … author argues that all individual management activities are short of effectiveness and efficiency unless a systemic approach … is applied. To highlight this point, the author has indicated substantial differences in the management of financial risk …
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The role of a company's internal control system in fraud prevention
Dimitrijevic, Dragomir; Milovanovic, Vesna; Stancic, … - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 11 (2015) 3, pp. 34-44
The emergence of internal control over specific segments of activities has been associated with management needs for … activities has been associated with management needs for evaluation of the consistency between the actual situation and …
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Financial sector: Banks fall behind and now have a lower proportion of women on executive and advisory boards than insurance companies
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 16-28
Women are still in the clear minority among the financial sector's top decision-making bodies. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, 21 percent of the supervisory and administrative board members of the 100 largest banks were female. The number has stagnated...
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Top decision-making bodies in large companies: Gender quota shows initial impact on supervisory boards executive board remains a male bastion
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-15
The gender quota for supervisory boards that has been mandatory since January 2016 has shown an initial impact. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, there were more women on the supervisory boards of the 106 companies subject to the statutory quota than one...
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