Considering the risk-taking behaviour of VCs and their expectation for higher returns, this paper investigates VCs' investment criteria. Two broad hypotheses tested in a structural equation modelling show that the managerial, market, product, and entrepreneurial characteristics positively affect...

The foreign exchange market and the stock market are vital for any well-defined financial systemof a country. The study explores the long-run and short-run causal relationship between the stockmarket and the exchange rate in India by using the daily data covering the period from March 1,2004 to...

The study deconstructs the performance of nationalized banks against the backdrop of technology adoption in the industry. Integrating financial ratio approach and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), bank performance is analyzed on eight distinct frontiers. Improvements in the efficiency of banking...

If we want to see India as a stronger economy with above 8 percent GDP growth per year, then huge funds are required to push forward the growth rate of the economy. This is possible only when reasonably good activity in the corporate bonds market is ensured. Corporates will not differentiate...

The paper examined the volatility pattern of Shariah compliant stocks in India through January 2007 to July 2014. We calculate returns for each selected Shariah compliant stocks and tested for stationarity and autocorrelation using Augmented Dickey-Fuller test and Q statistics respectively. The...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are generally index-based funds that allow investors to buy or sell exposures to an index through a single financial instrument. ETF units are created and redeemed in-kind, rather than in-cash (as in the case of a unit trust fund). The in-kind creation and redemption...

Nifty BeES is the first Exchange Traded Funds in the Indian Capital Market and its daily returns are compared to benchmark returns. The Researcher found out that Nifty BeES basically overperformd their benchmark while they endorsed their investors with lesser risk than the standard deviation of...

The Shariah compliant stocks are tradable stocks which are adhere the Shariah Investment principles. Shariah investment has been growing gradually in India for the last two decades. This work empirically examined the risk and return behavior of the selected Shariah Compliant Stocks and benchmark...

The present study empirically examines the risk and return of the Nifty Shariah index and Nifty index during the period 2nd January 2007 to 31st December 2010. The sample period is further divided into bull market period and bear market period based on the movement of the both indices during the...

The present study compares the risk and return of the Nifty Shariah index and Nifty index at days, months and quarters wise during the period 2nd January 2007 to 31st December 2010. The raw returns of the both indices are calculated as today price minus yesterday price divided by yesterday...