The Trustee Governance Guide (Hardcover)
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Editorial: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, 2019
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Hardcover. More than 80% of the financial assets in the United States fall under the purview of a trustee. That's a big responsibility for an estimated 1% (around 1.5 million people) of the U.S. working population charged with overseeing investments for millions and millions of beneficiaries, public sector, and non-profit organizations. In a world proliferated by investment products, increasingly dominated by indexes, facedparticularly in the pension worldwith increasing liabilities, more regulation, and a growing number of social and sustainability objectives, what's a trustee to do?The Trustee Governance Guide is here to help guide todays board trustee through the brave new world of 21st century investing. The book focuses on the critical aspects of the Five Imperatives: Governance, Knowledge, Diversification, Discipline, and Impact. Based on more than a decade of research, practice, and discussions with many key decision makers and influencers across the industry, this book addresses the many topics related to better governance, greater mission-driven financial performance, and impact. The questions the book addresses include: What is good governance, how do we know it when we see it, and why does it matter? How much knowledge is necessary to be a competent board member? How big should my endowment be? What are the key elements of a diversified portfolio? How much does cost matter? What's the difference between socially responsible and ESG investing? Can I focus on sustainability and still be a good fiduciary? This book provides a way for boards to improve and benchmark their own governance performance alongside their peers, and uniquely covers related investment topics in each chapter. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- The Trustee Governance Guide (Hardcover)
- Autor
- Christopher K. Merker
- Editorial
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham
- Año de publicación
- 2019
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 3030210871
- ISBN 13
- 9783030210878
More than 80% of the financial assets in the United States fall under the purview of a trustee. That's a big responsibility for an estimated 1% (around 1.5 million people) of the U.S. working population charged with overseeing investments for millions and millions of beneficiaries, public sector, and non-profit organizations. In a world proliferated by investment products, increasingly dominated by indexes, faced―particularly in the pension world―with increasing liabilities, more regulation, and a growing number of social and sustainability objectives, what's a trustee to do?
The Trustee Governance Guide is here to help guide today’s board trustee through the brave new world of 21st century investing. The book focuses on the critical aspects of the Five Imperatives: Governance, Knowledge, Diversification, Discipline, and Impact.
Based on more than a decade of research, practice, and discussions with many key decision makers and influencers across the industry, this book addresses the many topics related to better governance, greater mission-driven financial performance, and impact. The questions the book addresses include:· What is good governance, how do we know it when we see it, and why does it matter?
· How much knowledge is necessary to be a competent board member?· How big should my endowment be?
· What are the key elements of a diversified portfolio?
· How much does cost matter?
· What's the difference between socially responsible and ESG investing?
· Can I focus on sustainability and still be a good fiduciary?
This book provides a way for boards to improve and benchmark their own governance performance alongside their peers, and uniquely covers related investment topics in each chapter.
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Christopher K. Merker is a Financial Advisor and a Director of Private Asset Management at Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, where he provides advice and guidance to the boards and investment committees of institutional investors. He holds a PhD in investment governance and fiduciary effectiveness from Marquette University. He is past president of the CFA Society Milwaukee, and a founder and current board member of the CFA Society Milwaukee Foundation, a sister organization dedicated to promoting financial literacy. An adjunct professor of finance at Marquette University where he teaches the investment course Sustainable Finance, he is also executive director of Fund Governance Analytics, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and diagnostic tools for asset owners and institutional investors. He publishes Sustainable Finance, which covers current topics around governance and sustainability in investing.
Sarah W.Peck is an Associate Professor of Finance at Marquette University. Sarah earned her undergraduate degree from Yale University and a PhD from the University of Rochester. She has spent two decades researching topics in corporate governance with a focus on the board of directors publishing in The Journal of Financial Economics, The Journal of Corporate Finance, The Journal of Forensic Accounting, among others. She is director of research at Fund Governance Analytics, where she leads research into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. She wrote the book Investment Ethics (2010) and pioneered an investment ethics course for CFA® educational partners. Following the 2006 pension scandal, she joined the Milwaukee County Pension board where she served as a trustee and chair of the Investment Committee for seven years. She regularly participates in panel discussions with trustees of pension funds and endowments on topics around integration of ESG into investment strategies.
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