27 October 2010

Seminar: Private Equity and Hedge Funds: Their Effect on Labour

This seminar will outline how private equity and activist hedge funds impact on labour and employment. It will review the extant evidence and report the findings of a set of case studies in several European countries.

This issue is highly topical in Europe, with sharply divided views on the costs and benefits of these funds. A European Directive to regulate these funds - the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive - is currently under consideration in the European Parliament. The seminar will also highlight the main elements of this draft directive. The presentation will draw in part on The Impact of Investment Funds on Restructuring Practices and Employment Levels, published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in October 2010.

Event:	Seminar: Private Equity & Hedge Funds: Their Effect on Labour
Person:	Professor Andrew Pendleton
Date:	2010-11-04
Time:	03.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Location:	RMIT Building 108, Level 16, room 100
RSVP:	Sam Kelly (sam.kelly@rmit.edu.au) by cob 1 November 2010

Andrew Pendleton is Professor of Human Resource Management at York University Management School in the UK. His main research interests are employee share ownership plans, and the relationship between ownership, corporate governance, and labour. He has published widely on both topics. Previously he has worked on privatisation and public enterprise labour relations. He is currently visiting Melbourne University Law School to contribute to its Employee Share Ownership Project.

Please contact Sam Kelly for further details at sam.kelly@rmit.edu.au or call 9925 5939