Handbook of Frontier Markets: Evidence from Asia and International Comparative Studies provides novel insights from academic perspectives about the behavior of investors and prices in several frontier markets. It explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these issues are relevant and how they manifest themselves in frontier markets. Frontier markets have now become a popular investment class among institutional investors internationally, with major financial services providers establishing index-benchmarks for this market-category. The anticipation for frontier markets is optimistic uncertainty, and many people believe that, given their growth rates, these markets will be economic success stories. Irrespective of their degrees of success, The Handbook of Frontier Markets can help ensure that the increasing international investment diverted to them will aid in their greater integration within the global financial system.

If you've ever thought about succession planning and avoided it because it seemed too complex and daunting, this book is for you. If you're a business owner who has never thought about succession planning, this book is for you. This book is designed to be a primer, an overview of succession planning, written in language that you can understand. It will help you navigate the process of developing an effective succession plan for your business. In other words, it will help you pass the torch without getting scorched. I've had a lot of experience with succession planning and the consequences of the absence of a succession plan, and I know first-hand how critical is the need for effective succession planning for any business, large or small. My goal is to demystify this topic and present you, the reader, with basic concepts that will remove your fears and replace them with a solid platform for the legacy you wish to pass on to the next generation.

Hedge Fund Governance: Evaluating Oversight, Independence and Conflicts summarizes the fundamental elements of hedge fund governance and principal perspectives on governance arguments. An authoritative reference on governance, it describes the tools needed for developing a flexible, comprehensive hedge fund governance analysis framework. Case studies and interviews with professional fund directors shine a bright light of pragmatism on this framework. The author's global analysis of more than 5,000 hedge fund governance structures enables him to draw realistic conclusions about best practices. He also explores the value consequences of good vs. bad governance, estimating the actual dollar losses that can result from bad governance, as well as the operational and investment performance benefits of certain governance practices.