Reframing Finance

Rajiv Sharma, Ashby Monk, Duncan L. Sinclair

ISBN 10: 1503601781 / ISBN 13: 9781503601789

Published by Stanford University Press, US, 2017

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Since the 2008 financial crisis, beneficiary organizations-like pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and foundations-have been seeking ways to mitigate the risk of their investments and make better financial decisions. For them, Reframing Finance offers a path forward. This book argues that institutional investors would better serve their long-term goals by putting money into large-scale, future-facing projects such as infrastructure, green energy, innovation in agriculture, and real estate development. At the same time, redirecting long-term investments would close significant financial gaps that government cannot. Drawing on key contributions in economic sociology, social network theory, and economics, the book conceptualizes a collaborative model of investment that is already becoming increasingly common: Large investors contribute more directly to private market assets, while financial intermediaries seek to foster co-investment partnerships, better aligning incentives for all. A combination of rich case studies and rigorous theory enables asset owners to move toward more efficient, private-market investing, while also laying groundwork for research at the frontier of finance.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reframing Finance
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1503601781
• ISBN 13: 9781503601789
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Since the 2008 financial crisis, beneficiary organizations―like pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and foundations―have been seeking ways to mitigate the risk of their investments and make better financial decisions. For them, Reframing Finance offers a path forward.

This book argues that institutional investors would better serve their long-term goals by putting money into large-scale, future-facing projects such as infrastructure, green energy, innovation in agriculture, and real estate development. At the same time, redirecting long-term investments would close significant financial gaps that government cannot. Drawing on key contributions in economic sociology, social network theory, and economics, the book conceptualizes a collaborative model of investment that is already becoming increasingly common: Large investors contribute more directly to private market assets, while financial intermediaries seek to foster co-investment partnerships, better aligning incentives for all. A combination of rich case studies and rigorous theory enables asset owners to move toward more efficient, private-market investing, while also laying groundwork for research at the frontier of finance.

About the Author

Ashby Monk is Executive and Research Director of Stanford University's Global Projects Center. Rajiv Sharma is Research Program Manager at Stanford's Global Projects Center and Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Duncan L. Sinclair is Vice Chair at Deloitte.