Stockholding in Europe

Stockholding in Europe
Author: L. Guiso
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2002-11-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230502679

The past decade has been a time of drastic developments, both in financial markets and in related academic research. Among the most striking developments are the expanded stockholder base, the increased popularity of mutual funds among households, and the growing importance of private pension funds. Developments in Europe mirror to a large extent the spread of equity culture in the United States, but with lower levels of involvement and interesting differences across European countries. This book, intended for a wide audience of students, practitioners, and policy makers, provides the theoretical and methodological background necessary for analysis of stockholding behaviour, and presents empirical studies that use the most comprehensive household-level databases to identify determinants of stockholding in five major European countries.

Stockholding in Europe

Stockholding in Europe
Author: L. Guiso
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2002-11-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781349509492

The past decade has been a time of drastic developments, both in financial markets and in related academic research. Among the most striking developments are the expanded stockholder base, the increased popularity of mutual funds among households, and the growing importance of private pension funds. Developments in Europe mirror to a large extent the spread of equity culture in the United States, but with lower levels of involvement and interesting differences across European countries. This book, intended for a wide audience of students, practitioners, and policy makers, provides the theoretical and methodological background necessary for analysis of stockholding behaviour, and presents empirical studies that use the most comprehensive household-level databases to identify determinants of stockholding in five major European countries.

Household Portfolios

Household Portfolios
Author: Luigi Guiso
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262072212

Theoretical and empirical analysis of the structure of household portfolios.

Stock Exchanges, IPO's and Mutual Funds

Stock Exchanges, IPO's and Mutual Funds
Author: Edith Klein
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781594541735

This important and timely new book offers in-depth and cogent analyses of the investment side of financial institutions and services. NYSE and regional trading are examined from 1993-2002. In addition, both competition and stock exchange reforms are studied. Secondary markets, derivatives and governance are the subject of comprehensive reviews. The timely issues of IPO activity, allocation, pricing and liquidity are presented and discussed. Hedge funds and their indices are carefully analysed as are funds of hedge funds. Mutual funds are dealt with within the context of entry decisions.

Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States

Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States
Author: P. Arestis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2009-11-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230246982

Housing finance structures and Institutional and regulatory/fiscal aspects in housing have changed significantly in recent years. This book examines the development in housing markets in Europe and the US, and looks at ways to make housing more affordable and housing market developments more stable.

How to Protect Investors

How to Protect Investors
Author: Niamh Moloney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2010-01-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139485555

As governments around the world withdraw from welfare provision and promote long-term savings by households through the financial markets, the protection of retail investors has become critically important. Taking as a case study the wide-ranging EC investor-protection regime which now governs EC retail markets after an intense reform period, this critical, contextual and comparative examination of the nature of investor protection explores why the retail investor should be protected, whether retail investor engagement with the markets should be encouraged and how investor protection laws should be designed, particularly in light of the financial crisis. The book considers the implications of the EC's investor protection rules 'on the books' but also considers investor protection law and policy 'in action', drawing on experience from the UK retail market and in particular the Financial Services Authority's extensive retail market activities, including the recent Retail Distribution Review and the Treating Customers Fairly strategy.

ECIE 2020 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

ECIE 2020 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Author: Prof. Alessandro De Nisco
Publisher: Academic Conferences limited
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1912764687

The European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been running now for 16 years. This event has been held in Italy, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, Portugal, and Finland to mention some of the countries who have hosted it. The conference is generally attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship teaching and research. The 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be hosted by Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE), Portugal and the Conference Chair will be Florinda Matos

The EU Issuer-disclosure Regime

The EU Issuer-disclosure Regime
Author: Gaëtane Schaeken Willemaers
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9041133941

Présentation de l'éditeur : "In an examination that is at once critical, comparative and interdisciplinary, the book discusses the stated objectives of the EU issuer-disclosure regime - principally about retail investor protection - and then goes on to identify objectives that can actually be met in practice, i.e. market efficiency and corporate governance. The author concludes by drawing concrete policy and regulatory implications, along the way covering such aspects and ramifications of the regime. In its defence of the power of market forces as regulatory means, and its clear argument that market finance should be seen at a minimum as a useful complement to bank credit and other financing sources, this important book can claim a privileged space in the debate over the role of disclosure requirements in securities regulation."