The pre-investment due diligence is a comprehensive systematic investigation, verification and evaluation of the prospective project before funds are committed. The paper aims to develop a comprehensive due diligence and audit framework to facilitate consistent evaluation of investment...

The paper attempts to empirically study the monitoring and value added activities practiced by Indian Venture Capitalists. A brief literature review of the monitoring activities in the context of developed countries has been presented leading to the development of a conceptual framework. Data on...

Fund managers adopt a variety of investment styles to offer wide ranging mutual fund plans which give rise to different performance levels. Globally, the size of assets managed, the number and variety of mutual funds has seen exponential growth in the last five years and the mutual industry has...

The membership is supposed to help access to markets in other countries under more beneficial conditions, serve as an important signal to foreign investors regarding stability and predictability of the economic system, decrease risk factors for potential investors, develop trade economy,...

The Saudi stock market has been witnessing much volatility during the past one year and the market capitalization had come down by 50%. Mutual funds that invested in local stocks too had to bear the brunt of the over bearish trend of the market to a large extent. In the absence of well-developed...

In Saudi Arabia, World's largest oil exporter, quot;Liberalizationquot; has been the buzzword during the last couple of years. The government sensing the needs of growing population, industry and trade and also the need to integrate Saudi economy with global economy, has been opening its...

In Saudi Arabia, besides 100 equity funds, there are 9 categories of other funds and these are invested in Bonds, Money Market and Trade Finance instruments, Balanced Funds of both the local and international variants offering different levels of return and risk. The purpose of this article is...

The study classified the 419 open-ended equity mutual fund schemes into six distinct investment styles, analysed the financial performance of select open-ended equity mutual fund schemes for the period 1st April 2005 - 31st March 2006 pertaining to the two dominant investment styles and tested...

When it comes to investing in mutual funds in the Kingdom, the Saudi investors have to choose from 182 different funds currently offered by the eleven fund managers. In the case of Saudi Arabia, the fund managers/asset management companies are the different banks listed on Saudi Arabia's Stock...

The good Corporate Governance ensures the better corporate performance and better relationship with stakeholders, where the proper practice of accounting standards assumes a lot of importance as it leads to the effective disclosure thus, good Corporate Governance. Hence, the practice of proper...