Investors search for criteria that are systematically related to performance of mutual funds so as to maximize their personal return. The present study is on effect of selected fund characteristics on performance of the mutual funds. The data on Indian equity mutual funds for the period...

This paper examines the early warning system of currency crisis in the context of Global Financial Crisis 2008. The monthly data has been taken for the period 2005-2009 for leading indicators related to external exposure (short-term debt/reserves and growth of foreign exchange reserves),...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of size, age, ownership, and load on the efficiency of equity mutual funds in India. Using secondary data on sample of 105 equity mutual fund schemes in India for the period 2011-12, two-stage methodology is applied wherein Data Envelopment...

The Pacific Rim is a dynamic as well as diverse economic region, containing the world's three largest economies (US, China and Japan, measured by GDP at PPP). Many of the world's fasting growing and emerging market economies lie in this region. This handbook begins with institutional and...