AMANDA WHITE
Should US investors have rights offshore?
US institutional investors are discouraged to diversify into offshore shares due to the outcome of a court case which restricts anti-fraud protection. The US case involving the purchase of shares in an Australian bank by Australian investors on an Australian stock exchange has important implications for US institutional investors and their drive to diversify investments offshore, a paper finds. A white paper commissioned by the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) to examine the impact on institutional investors of the 2010 case, Morrison v National Australia Bank, was released this week. [...]
SIMON MUMME
How sovereign risk hits equities
The severe impact of the European debt crisis on financial markets has spurred EDHEC-Risk Institute to investigate whether equity investors can earn a premium through sovereign risk. Professor Nöel Amenc, EDHEC-Risk Institute director, speaks about the emergence of what could be a new risk factor and other research focusing on Asia.
