‘Time’ and ‘value’ are the huge assets used by banks in risk management. This paper investigates the time-varying impact on the value of banks’ asset-liability positions to the macroeconomic fluctuations in the bank risk factors, such as interest rate risk, credit risk, foreign...

Quality of earnings as reflected by the lower absolute discretionary accruals in the accounting disclosures of firms identifies whether firms manage their earnings disclosure in order to meet market expectations. Literature evidence suggests that corporate governance initiatives of firms have...

The analysis of debt and equity mutual fund flows identifies the presence of seasonality factors. The expected flows indicate stable investment interplay by mutual funds whereas the unexpected flows identify the presence of short-term volatility. The examination of whether positive feedback...

The study used sample of public-sector sponsored amp; private-sector sponsored mutual funds of varied net assets to investigate the differences in characteristics of assets held, portfolio diversification, and variable effects of diversification on investment performance for the period May, 2002...