This study provides the first long-run analysis of the skill of active Australian equity fund managers based on trades inferred from a market-wide database of monthly portfolio holdings over the period 1994-2009. In addition to confirming previous findings that skill exists amongst active...

This study provides the first long-run analysis of the skill of active Australian equity fund managers based on trades inferred from a market-wide database of monthly portfolio holdings over the period 1994–2009. In addition to confirming previous findings that skill exists among active...

We investigate the existence and sources of performance persistence for Australian equity funds, using monthly portfolio holdings data. We find significant persistence among outperforming rather than underperforming funds, which is primarily related to security selection skill, and is associated...

This paper examines the interactive relationship among environmental, social and governance (ESG) capital, financial capital, innovation capital, manufacturing capital and corporate financial performance. The findings indicate that ESG capital positively affects financial performance in the...

This study explores environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating disagreement among different providers, given the variation and lack of consensus in ESG ratings. We utilise three prominent ESG ratings (Sustainalytics, MSCI and Asset4) and employ four aggregation methods (equal-weighted...

It's amazing the misinformation found in most résumé books! Scott Bennett has hired hundreds of people in a variety of industries, and he knows firsthand what kind of résumé sparks an employer's interest-and which ones fail. In The Elements of Résumé Style, he warns against popular...