Institutional investors, financial market efficiency, and financial stability

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No 4/2003, EIB Papers from European Investment Bank, Economics Department

Abstract: Emphasising the scope for further growth in institutional investment, in Europe in particular, this paper focuses on the impact of institutional investment on the efficiency and stability of financial systems. The paper stresses the scope for efficiency gains arising from an increasing role of institutional investors, reflecting - inter alia - their role in improving corporate governance. The paper also argues that institutional investors tend to enhance financial system stability although they may sporadically exacerbate market volatility or liquidity problems. This calls for a close focus of regulators and monetary policy makers on institutional behaviour, while inter alia continuing the shift envisaged in the current EU Pension Funds (IORP) Directive towards a "prudent-person rule" for investment, and focusing closely on the long-term sustainability of guarantees being offered on life policies, annuities and pensions.

Keywords: Institutional investment; Financial Systems; Corporate Governance; monetary policies; pension funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 G24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2003-06-09
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