Gold, Martin.

Fiduciary finance : investment funds and the crisis in financial markets / Martin Gold. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2010. - xi, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: Institutional investment and the industrial organization of fiduciary finance -- 1. An introduction to fiduciary finance -- 2. The investment business -- 3. Investment in its institutional setting -- PART II: The intellectual underpinnings of institutional investment -- 4. The science of investment -- 5. The active versus passive debate -- PART III: Fiduciary finance and the stability of financial markets -- 6. The gatekeepers of fiduciary finance -- 7. The rise of sovereign wealth funds -- 8. Sustainable investment strategies and fiduciary activism -- 9. Future financial crises: what role for investment funds? -- Appendix: A mathematical analysis of fund manager performance.

9781848448957 (hbk.)


Mutual funds.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

332.6327 / GOL 2010