The Chinese Renminbi (RMB) and Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) are pegged to US Dollar during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and continued up until the China and Malaysia de-pegged their currencies and announced a new exchange rate regime at the same day on 21st July 2005. By focusing on the...

This paper compares one-step-ahead out-of-sample predictions on Malaysian Ringgit-US Dollar exchange rate using the generalized regression neural network for a range of forecasting horizons from 1991M3 to 2008M8. We find that the monetary fundamentals are significant in explaining the dynamics...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the effects of investor protection (PROT), internal and external corporate governance (CG) on private information-based trading (PIBT). Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a sample of 3,438 firms from 42 countries for the period 2002–2015 to...

Purpose: This study investigates the effect of board independence on private information-based trading (PIBT) events. This study also examines the interaction effects of firm's disclosure quality and the statutory and demographic roles of independent directors and board diversity attributes,...