Corporate Governance Challenges For Hedge Funds

Concerns about the internal governance of hedge funds have dramatically increased in recent years. During the financial crisis of 2008, ...

In this article, we will seek to explore where we are in the ongoing governance debate, and where we are likely to get to in the near term.

Hedge Funds and Their Impact on Corporate Governance By Evan ...

While hedge funds can drive improvements in accountability, efficiency, and strategic direction within corporate governance, their focus on ...

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control.

The reasons for these differences may lie in the incentive structures of hedge fund managers as well as in the fact that traditional institutions face ...

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance

Meanwhile, mutual funds and pension funds continued to press activist agendas, including corporate governance reform and a range of social and political issues, ...

Hedge Fund Corporate Governance Driving ESG Investing - Govenda

According to the SEC, hedge funds have a more flexible investment strategy. Unlike mutual funds, hedge fund corporate governance is not ...

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Management

It would appear to be obvious that the right way of thinking about the governance issues associated with hedge funds is to think of them as mutual funds or ...

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Activism

Over the past two decades, hedge fund activism has emerged as a new mechanism of corporate governance that brings about operational, ...

Ten ways hedge funds can improve corporate governance

Over three quarters of respondents said they had decided against investing in a fund because of corporate governance concerns, while 87% of allocators said that ...

"Hedge Funds and Governance Targets" by William W. Bratton

Corporate governance interventions by hedge fund shareholders are triggering debates between advocates of management empowerment and advocates of aggressive ...

6 Hedge Fund Governance - Oxford Academic

Fund managers now face serious governance challenges that tend to focus on governance arrangements and independence of fund boards. Maintaining quality ...

The Impact of Hedge Fund Activism on Corporate Governance

With these concerns in mind, we begin in Part II with an analysis of those factors that have spurred greater activism on the part of hedge funds. Then, in Part ...

What Hedge Funds Can Teach Corporate America

... governance, among other issues). Both are excellent sources for attorneys and other advisers to private equity funds. 239. SEC HEDGE FUND REPORT, supra note ...

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Management

corporate governance issues associated with hedge funds. Most hedge funds fall into one of two categories: those that engage in proprietary trading and ...

Corporate governance in hedge funds: - Mutual Fund Directors Forum

But they do represent a new level of focus on their part of governance issues, and a quest for robust standards that can be applied to all hedge fund boards. As ...

Hedge Funds and Corporate GOvernance

Section II contrasts institutional investor activism with the more aggressive recent activism of the hedge fund managers. We cover a range of issues related to ...

The Impact of Hedge Funds on Corporate Governance System

This example suggests that the increased activism by hedge funds can change the balance of power between managers and shareholders and therefore has significant ...

Eight Corporate Governance Steps That Hedge Fund Managers ...

Overall, the Report demonstrates a desire among investors for higher corporate governance standards at hedge funds. The Report attributes this desire to three ...

Corporate Governance - The Hedge Fund Journal

Operational failure and disagreements between the investment management company principals are the most common causes of hedge fund failure. In both these cases ...

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Management - ProQuest

My contention is that the corporate governance issues associated with most other hedge funds and, to some extent, even with global macro and emerging market ...