In this paper we analyse the performance of fixed interest managed funds. We examine five measurement models across three risk-free proxies, nine benchmarks (covering conditional and unconditional as well as single and multi factor definitions) over two independent periods in an effort to...

This study will show that firms issuing seasoned equity have unique beta characteristics and that the beta itself has a very strong impact on the extent of post-issue underperformance. We develop a benchmark that accounts for such unique characteristic, and will subsequently measure the extent...

This paper uses Australian data to show that the long run underperformance of seasoned equity offerings is related to the definition of 'long-run'. We demonstrate that following the period delimited by other writers as the long run, issuing firms turn around in their performance and in fact...

This paper features an analysis of the effectiveness of a range of portfolio diversification strategies as applied to a set of 17 years of monthly hedge fund index returns on a set of ten market indices representing 13 major hedge fund categories, as compiled by the EDHEC Risk Institute. The...

This paper features an analysis of the relationship between the S&P 500 Index and the VIX using daily data obtained from both the CBOE website and SIRCA (The Securities Industry Research Centre of the Asia Pacic). We explore the relationship between the S&P 500 daily continuously compounded...

The papers in this special issue of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation are substantially revised versions of the papers that were presented at the 2011 Madrid International Conference on “Risk Modelling and Management” (RMM2011). The papers cover the following topics: currency hedging...