This paper analyzes how fund flows react to past performance in the dynamic Brazilian equity fund market over the period 2001 to 2012. The study also tests for a "smart money" effect (Zheng, 1999), or whether funds that receive more money subsequently outperform those that receive less money. We...

This study aims to determine the impact of the Latin American Integrated Market (MILA) start-up in the main indicators of the stock markets of the countries that conform it (Chile, Colombia, and Peru).At the end, several indicators were reviewed to measure the impact on profitability, risk,...

Purpose - This article examines whether deviations from fundamental value or closed-end country fund's discounts or premiums forecast future share price returns or net asset returns. Design/methodology/approach - The main empirical (econometric) tool is a vector autoregressive (VAR) model. The...