Managerial Finance: Volume 49 Issue 4

Luck and skill in the performance of global equity funds in Central and Eastern Europe

Triinu Tapver

The authors examine the performance of individual global equity funds in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and separate the skill of their fund managers from luck.

Investor attention, Twitter uncertainty and cryptocurrency market amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Hajam Abid Bashir, Dilip Kumar

This paper aims to examine the impact of investor attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Twitter-based sentiment towards uncertainty and public sentiment on the performance of…

Does promoters' ownership reduce the firm's financial distress? Evidence from non-financial firms listed in India

Jagjeevan Kanoujiya, Kuldeep Singh, Shailesh Rastogi

Ownership concentration (OC) is an essential element of corporate governance (CG) for a firm's performance. The purpose of the study is to investigate the connectivity of OC…

Doing well while doing good? Gender effects in pro-social peer-to-peer lending

Laura Gonzalez

The 2008 and 2020 crises reinvigorated discussions on the need to deepen financial inclusion through fintech. Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending facilitates pro-social direct lending to…

Financial capability and households’ financial vulnerability: evidence for the Spanish case

Sara Fernández-López, Marcos Álvarez-Espiño, Sandra Castro-González, Lucía Rey-Ares

The present study examines the potential relationship between financial capability and household financial vulnerability for a sample of Spanish individuals.

Elections and financial markets puzzle: Malaysian evidence

Azhar Mohamad

This paper aims to explore the election cycle and financial markets puzzle in a unique emerging market like Malaysia.

Role of corporate governance in asset quality of banks: comparison between government-owned and private banks

Prashant Kumar Gupta, Seema Sharma

This paper compares the impact of corporate governance determinants of asset quality between India’s public and private sector banks. The article identifies which corporate…

Portfolio optimization in the capital market bubble space, an application of meta-heuristic algorithms

Iman Mohammadi, Hamzeh Mohammadi Khoshouei, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani

In this study, to maximize returns and minimize investment risk, an attempt was made to form an optimal portfolio under conditions where the capital market has a price bubble…