Another viewpoint on investment funds. And their opaque governance

Rodolfo Apreda

No 535, CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. from Universidad del CEMA

Abstract: Firstly, this paper brings forth an encompassing definition of investment funds intended to track down some patterns of deviant governance. Secondly, it will focus on three conspicuous types among those funds: banks, mutual funds, and hedge funds. Such approach seeks to reveal deep similarities among them, albeit they may superficially look dissimilar. Afterwards, hinging upon the notion of opaque governance, we point out that investment funds more often than not misapply special purpose vehicles, in particular the so-called collateralized-debt obligations, just to hide their transactions, debasing their transparency, flouting good practices, even showing contempt of the law. Last of all, it will be put forward a protocol of covenants to be enforced by regulators on behalf of investors, taxpayers and financial markets.

Keywords: investment funds; banks; mutual funds; hedge funds; corporate governance; opaque governance. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F34 G01 G18 G30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2014-03
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