Purpose: This paper examines the associative and causal relationship between changes in the implied volatility index (VIX) and stock market returns, with data from 15 countries representing both developed and emerging economies.1 We also examine the dynamic variation, if any in the nature of the...

This paper aims at identifying relevant financial factors which critically affects firm revenue growth. We specifically focus on the dynamic nature of such factors across up or down-market cycles and also for different scales and size of business. The study uses annual data of 17 accounting and...

This paper aims at identifying relevant financial factors which critically affects firm revenue growth. We specifically focus on the dynamic nature of such factors across up or down-market cycles and also for different scales and size of business. The study uses annual data of 17 accounting and...

Purpose: This paper examines the associative and causal relationship between changes in the implied volatility index (VIX) and stock market returns, with data from 15 countries representing both developed and emerging economies.1 We also examine the dynamic variation, if any in the nature of the...

In this paper we did a return based style analysis of equity mutual funds in India using quadratic optimization of an asset class factor model proposed by William Sharpe. We found the 'style benchmarks' of each of our sample of equity funds as optimum exposure to eleven passive asset class...

The paper explores the impact of board composition and ownership structure on firm performance of Indian firms from 2009-2013 in presence of certain unique statutory provisions relating to independent directors and limits on ownership concentration. The results show that after controlling for...

This paper uses SEO data from 2001 to 2021 in a cross-country setup to show that the underpricing in each future SEO-round reduces, and this happens at a faster rate for high-quality firms. We posit that, firms, especially high-quality firms, tend to underprice their IPOs with an objective to...

The purpose of this paper is to find out if firms that operate with debt free balance sheet are rewarded more by the investors at large. For this we form portfolios of debt free firms and compare their performance with performance of matching portfolios of leveraged firms from the same industry...

In this paper we did a return based style analysis of equity mutual funds in India using quadratic optimization of an asset class factor model proposed by William Sharpe. We analyzed the relative performance of the funds with respect to their style benchmarks. Our results show that the funds...