Increasing long-term market returns: Realising the potential of collective pension fund action

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-454

  Thamotheram, Raj ^a   Wildsmith, Helen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Collaboration; Long term responsible investment; Pension funds; Universal owner

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247877567     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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