We rank the 64 companies operating in 2010 in the Pension Fund Industry in Spain using data from 1990 to 2010 for the existing individual mutual funds. The best companies according to the ranking were Bestinver, Mutua Madrilena and Merchbanc. The worst, according to the ranking, were Caja...

We rank the 79 companies operating in 2010 in the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain using data from 1991 to 2010 for the 2,285 existing mutual funds with more than a year of history. The best companies according to the ranking were: Bestinver, Profit and Metagestion. The worst, according to the...

The Market Portfolio is not an efficient portfolio. There are many evidences that tell us that: the equal weighted indexes have beaten their market-value weighted indexes for many years, many easy-to-build portfolios (some “smart-beta”, “multifactors”) have beaten market-value weighted...

We rank the 61 companies operating in 2009 in the Pension Fund Industry in Spain using data from 1994 to 2009 for the 1,393 existing individual mutual funds. The best companies according to the ranking were: Bestinver, Caja Manresa, Cajasur, Merchbanc and Ibercaja. The worst, according to the...

We rank the 88 companies operating in 2009 in the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain using data from 1994 to 2009 for the 2,586 existing mutual funds. The best companies according to the ranking were: Bestinver, Metagestion and Mutua Madrilena. The worst, according to the ranking: Caja Ingenieros,...

The high cost of capital for firms conducting medical research and development (R&D) has been partly attributed to the government risk facing investors in medical innovation. This risk slows down medical innovation because investors must be compensated for it. We propose new and simple financial...

I explore an intricate interaction between a firm’s risk exposure, intangible capital accumulation, and physical capital accumulation by using a unified dynamic investment model of capital allocation. The model emphasizes both the importance of the marginal value of the intangible capital and...

I propose a tractable model integrating dynamic internal capital allocation with imperfect patent protection, thereby endogenizing patent war as well as financing constraints. I emphasize the central importance of capital intangibility for corporate decisions when intangibles are insecure. The...

XVA models for the calculation of CVA, FVA (see for example (Burgard and Kjaer 2013)), KVA(Green, Kenyon, and Dennis 2014), MVA (Green and Kenyon 2014) and TVA (Kenyon and Green 2014a) have frequently been formulated at the counterparty level. However, it is clear that some elements of the...

Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) Topic 842, which is effective since 2019, requires balance sheet recognition of operating lease obligations and right-of-use (ROU) assets. For many firms, the implementation of this standard resulted in a large increase in reported operating assets, thus...