This paper investigates the operational risk, fund performance and investor protection in the seven years subsequent to the 2001 liberalization of the Chinese open-end funds market. The empirical results indicate that the fund type and fund manager's qualification are positively associated with...

Proponents of IFRS argue that mandating a uniform set of accounting standards improves financial statement comparability that in turn attracts greater cross-border investment. We test this assertion by examining changes in foreign mutual fund investment in firms following mandatory IFRS adoption...

Mutual funds : meaning, forms, and operations -- Mutual funds : growth and history -- Mutual funds regulation : the UK -- Mutual funds prudential regulation : the UK -- Governance of mutual funds : comparative accounts of the UK and US -- Regulation of undertakings for collective investment in...