Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide some insights into the exchange rate exposure of Australian stock returns. Design/methodology/approach – Using a dynamic econometric approach that allows for both asymmetry and time‐varying risk exposures in both the exchange rate variable...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether idiosyncratic volatility is priced in returns of equity funds while controlling for fund size and return momentum. Design/methodology/approach Following Fama and French (1993), an idiosyncratic volatility mimicking factor and a fund-size factor are...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether idiosyncratic volatility and other asset pricing factors predict growth rates of the ten Australian economic indicators. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use the Liew and Vassalou (2000) model augmented with an idiosyncratic volatility...