This article examines the issues and challenges involved for institutions, policy makers, and law-makers in less developed countries in their efforts to implement asset securitization techniques in their financial markets. Challenges and issues in the areas of market development, legislation,...

This study examines the pattern of returns and volatility on Irish equity markets, over a period when the markets were deregulated. GARCH and GARCH-IN-MEAN models are applied to data from three study periods. Volatility spillovers from the London stock market are considered, providing a test for...

This paper examines whether additional risk factors such as the variance, skewness, and coskewness of returns offer an appropriate explanation of company returns in less developed capital markets. Arguments for considering some additional factors in pricing models to better deal with such...

Distributional properties of emerging market returns may impact on investor ability and willingness to diversify. Investors may also place greater weighting on downside losses, compared to upside gains. Using individual equities in a range of emerging Asian markets, we investigate the potential...