In this paper we investigate if directors of Australian companies earn persistent profits on their reported trades, if these abnormal profits are significant enough to be mimicked by outsiders, and if these insider trades have an effect on returns of other investors. We find that insiders take...

We focus on the stock selection step of the index tracking problem in passive investment management and incorporate constant changes in the dynamics of markets into the decision. We propose an approach, using machine learning techniques, which analyzes the performance of the selection methods...

Frazzini and Pedersen (2014) [Betting against beta. Journal of Financial Economics, 111(1), 1-25] report an insignificant performance for the betting against beta (BAB) strategy in the Australian equity market, suggesting that the beta anomaly does not exist in this market. We extend their...