This paper provides an asset pricing rationale for choosing among alternative ways to group securities in applied corporate finance settings. Explicit reference to the asset pricing paradigm has become less prevalent in the empirical corporate finance literature, where there has emerged a...

Fund managers are paid a fixed management fee in proportion to their assets under management. This means to maximize revenue, managers hoard assets. Whilst this results in increased revenue for the manager often, due to diseconomies of scale, it results in lower returns for the investor. Here we...

We consider the role of special orders in informed traders' order submission strategies and their effect on the market price discovery process. Special orders, such as Fill-or-Kill and All-or-Nothing orders, are not entered in the order book; instead, they are executed immediately. This means...

We consider the role of special orders in informed traders' order submission strategies and their effect on the market price discovery process. Special orders, such as Fill-or-Kill and All-or-Nothing orders, are not entered in the order book; instead, they are executed immediately. This means...