The present study attempts to suggest an optimal hedge ratio for Indian traders through the examination of three indices, i.e., Nifty, Bank Nifty and CNXIT, and 84 most liquid individual stock futures traded on the National Stock Exchange of India, over the sample period January 2003 to December...

The present study investigates weak form of efficiency in Indian equity futures market. For this purpose, informational efficiency of the Nifty futures and 24 stock futures is examined. The Nifty and stock futures returns are found to be deviating from normal distribution. The futures prices are...

Present study investigates the price discovery and hedging efficiency of NIFTY and all those stock futures whose trading started on 9th November 2001 and are continuously traded till 30th June 2006. The study observes information asymmetry in both futures and cash market and significant...

A number of researchers have examined the performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) both for short and long run. However, the empirical evidence on the survivability of issues in the aftermarket is quite scant, especially in India. In the light of huge volatility in the Indian IPO market...

Corporate governance mechanisms are being widely researched for their impact on different measures of corporate performance. Board structure being a dominant means of monitoring and governance for sustaining the competition and improving financial and overall performance, forms an integral part...

The anomalous behavior of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) has been extensively researched and debated. Numerous studies have documented stock price and operating underperformance of IPOs and suggested several reasons like earnings management, timing of issues, agency theory, etc., as causing...