The Rise of Fiduciary Capitalism - How Institutional Investors Can Make Corporate America More Democratic (Hardcover)

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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the structure of corporate ownership is undergoing major change. "The Rise of Fiduciary Capitalism" chronicles the rise of fiduciary institutions--primarily public and private pension funds--which now own almost 50 percent of the equity of American corporations. In turn, approximately 50 percent of Americans either own stock individually or, more typically, have an ownership or retirement interest in these fiduciary institutions. James P. Hawley and Andrew T. Williams argue that, because of their extensive diversification of ownership, fiduciary institutions have become "universal owners" with a significant stake in a broad cross-section of the largest publicly traded firms in the economy. Forced to evaluate portfolio-wide effects of individual firm actions, these institutions have a quasipublic policy interest in the long-term health and wellbeing of the whole society. As universal owners, fiduciary institutions are in a unique position to develop and pursue policies of virtuous efficiency, minimizing negative externalities and encouraging positive outcomes by the firms in their portfolios. In this way, they have the potential to make the firms in which they own stock more responsive to the needs of the Americans to whom they are responsible and thereby make those firms more democratic."The Rise of Fiduciary Capitalism" investigates the nature of property and ownership in the modern corporate setting, the effects of the decline of traditional, personally held property in equity form, and the governance implications of the developing new form of corporate ownership.


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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the structure of corporate ownership is undergoing major change. "The Rise of Fiduciary Capitalism" chronicles the rise of fiduciary institutions--primarily public and private pension funds--which now own almost 50 percent of the equity of American corporations. In turn, approximately 50 percent of Americans either own stock individually or, more typically, have an ownership or retirement interest in these fiduciary institutions. James P. Hawley and Andrew T. Williams argue that, because of their extensive diversification of ownership, fiduciary institutions have become "universal owners" with a significant stake in a broad cross-section of the largest publicly traded firms in the economy. Forced to evaluate portfolio-wide effects of individual firm actions, these institutions have a quasipublic policy interest in the long-term health and wellbeing of the whole society. As universal owners, fiduciary institutions are in a unique position to develop and pursue policies of virtuous efficiency, minimizing negative externalities and encouraging positive outcomes by the firms in their portfolios. In this way, they have the potential to make the firms in which they own stock more responsive to the needs of the Americans to whom they are responsible and thereby make those firms more democratic."The Rise of Fiduciary Capitalism" investigates the nature of property and ownership in the modern corporate setting, the effects of the decline of traditional, personally held property in equity form, and the governance implications of the developing new form of corporate ownership.

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Imprint

University of PennsylvaniaPress

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 2000

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2000

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Dimensions

235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover - Paper over boards

Pages

256

ISBN-13

978-0-8122-3563-0

Barcode

9780812235630

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0-8122-3563-0



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