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Financial Management Research

The Department’s expertise in Financial Management cover topics such as the impact of ESG investing on financial performance, behavioural finance, corporate governance, shareholder activism, and impact investing.

The impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment

  • Dreyer, J.A., Viviers, S. & Mans-Kemp, N. 2021. Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment and corporate financial health. International Journal of Technology Management. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v24i1.3652
  • Johnson R. 2020. The link between environmental, social and corporate governance disclosure and the cost of capital in South Africa. Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences. https://doi.org/10.4102/jef.v13i1.543
  • Mans-Kemp, N. & Van Der Lugt, C.T. 2020. Linking integrated reporting quality with sustainability performance and financial performance in South Africa. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v23i1.3572
  • Johnson, R., Mans-Kemp, N. & Erasmus, P.D. 2019. Assessing the business case for environmental, social and corporate governance practices in South Africa. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v22i1.2727

Behavioural finance

Corporate governance

Shareholder activism

  • Viviers, S. & Mans-Kemp, N. 2021. Successful private investor activism in an emerging market. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. 10.1108/CG-11-2019-0366
  • Viviers, S., Mans-Kemp, N., Kallis, L. & Mckenzie, K. 2019. Public ‘say on pay’ activism in South Africa: Targets, challengers, themes and impact. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.4102/sajems.v22i1.3251
  • Viviers, S. & Theron, E. 2019. The effect of public investor activism on trust: A case study in the asset management sector. Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences. https://journals.co.za/doi/10.4102/jef.v12i1.199

Impact investing

  • Viviers, S. & De Villiers, J.U. 2021. Impact investments that have stood the test of time: Historical Homes of South Africa (1966-2020). Journal of Sustainable Financial and Investments. https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.1891780
  • McCallum, S.R. & Viviers, S. 2020. Exploring key barriers and opportunities in impact investing in an emerging market setting. South African Journal of Business Management. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v51i1.1601
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