Purpose Focusing on the Brazilian equity mutual fund industry, this study analyzes whether including the investor sentiment index in asset pricing models is important for explaining fund alpha. Design/methodology/approach The investor sentiment index and risk factors in the Fama and French...

This study examines the nature, trend, and patterns of FinTech equity funding and the number of FinTech agreements on a different scale. The distribution of FinTech equity financing and FinTech deals have been scrutinized globally, regionally, and between different income groups on the...

We survey a growing field studying aspects of finance that are potentially illegal, illicit, or immoral. Some of the literature is investigative in nature to uncover malfeasance that is recent and possibly ongoing. Other forensic finance research examines past events to generate a fuller...