The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 in the U.S. expanded the capital markets so that entrepreneurs can appeal directly to non-traditional small crowd investors for investment funds. The final rules and forms of the JOBS Act became effective in May 16, 2016. Existing literature...

Purpose: This research aims to examine hedge funds’ performance, risk and flow before and after the implementation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Design/methodology/approach: This paper includes the use of different factor models to highlight the performance and...

This research examines hedge funds’ performance, risk, and flow before and after the implementation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. This study finds significant differences before and after the implementation of the STOCK Act. The results for the entire sample...

This study investigates the performance of the fixed income mutual funds industry, focusing on Canadian fixed income funds before, during, and after the 2008 global financial crisis. After recessionary shocks, investors look for ways to diversify their systematic risks. We investigate Canadian...