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Jan A. Dreyer,Suzette Viviers,Nadia Mans-Kemp
AbstractPurpose: Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) legislation was introduced to promote the economic participation of black people in the South African economy. Some scholars have argued that, whilst it is important to empower black people...
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Stephen McCallum,Suzette Viviers
AbstractPurpose: Impact investing is one of the fastest-growing responsible investment strategies globally. Although more than two-thirds of global impact investments occur in emerging markets, limited research has been undertaken on the topic in an emer...
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Johannes P. Steyn,Suzette Viviers
AbstractOrientation: Investors are increasingly weighing up the cost of investing in companies with adverse impacts on society and the natural environment.Research purpose: In light of the shift to responsible investing, this study compared the risk-adju...
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Suzette Viviers,Edwin Theron
AbstractOrientation: Compromised global trust levels appears to be one of the lasting legacies of the 2007 financial crisis, also in the financial services industry. In order to rebuilt trust, it is not only important to identify the drivers of trus...
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Suzette Viviers
AbstractShareholder activists play a key role in monitoring managerial behaviour. This study was undertaken given the paucity of research on the shareholder activism as practised by individual shareholders. Accordingly, the motives, modus operandi and so...
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Nadia Mans-Kemp,Suzette Viviers
AbstractThe issue of board diversity has been widely debated. Given the lack of conclusive empirical evidence, this study investigated the relationship between gender and race board diversity and the financial performance of South African companies. The ...
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Suzette Viviers
AbstractThe year 2013 marked the 21st anniversary of responsible investing (RI) in South Africa. No systematic analysis of the nature of RI strategies and criteria has, however, been conducted. Content analysis of the investment mandates of 73 RI funds h...
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Suzette Viviers,Colin Firer
AbstractThis research addresses a gap in the literature on responsible investing (RI) in South Africa by studying the risk-adjusted performance of RI unit trusts available to retail investors. The Sharpe, Sortino and Upside-potential ratios for 16 RI uni...
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