We examine performance persistence in the large and growing Brazilian equity fund market from 2000 to 2012. We find a significant risk-adjusted spread between a portfolio of top- and bottom-performing funds, which supports the idea that performance persists. This spread remains after controlling...

This paper compares the main proposals that have been made in order to estimate discount rates in emerging markets. Seven methods are used to estimate the cost of equity capital in the case of global well-diversified investors; two methods are used to estimate it in the case of imperfectly...

En este trabajo se identifican y se explican las principales características comunes que poseen los mercados emergentes Latinoamericanos clasificados así según el International Finance Corporation (IFC). Se argumenta que estas características deben ser consideradas con la finalidad de...

This paper contributes to the current literature of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by studying the existence of waves and the determinants of M&A activity in the economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. From a sample of 2,490 M&As announcements reported by Thomson One...

Resumen:En este estudio se estiman los costos de transacción asociados a la liquidez intradiaria de acciones que pertenecen a seis mercados accionarios latinoamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Perú) durante un periodo de seis meses (Julio 2009 - Enero 2010). Se encontró...

In this paper is assessed the importance of the level of financial integration in the costs of capital that the firms in the Latin American markets face. This relation is studied by means of a non balanced panel data model applied to 270 firms trading in six Latin American markets (Argentina,...

"En la actualidad nadie niega la importancia de las empresas Clasificadoras de Riesgo debido a que éstas pueden ayudar a que los inversionistas se encuentren mejor informados sobre la calidad crediticia de los títulos sobre los cuales invierten o de los emitidos por empresas de las cuales son...