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Original Article
Open Access
Investigating the 'Month of the Year' Effect in India
G. Raghuram
· pp. 11–28
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2017/v11i1/108958
The present study divided the past 25 years (from 1990 till the present) into three almost equal time periods and studied the 'month of the year' effect within them in the Indian context by use of the indices - BSE …
Keywords:
'April' Effect, BSE 500, BSE MidCap, BSE Sensex, BSE SmallCap, January Effect
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Original Article
Open Access
A Study of Disclosures on Risk Management of Life Insurance Companies in India
B. R. Hariharan, Vedala Naga Sailaja, Kalp Vinodchandra Patel
· pp. 29–43
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2017/v11i1/108959
This study attempted to find out different reporting practices used by Indian life insurance companies for risk management and risk governance in their annual reports. The factors considered for assessing the quality of the disclosure were risk management framework, risk …
Keywords:
Life Insurance Companies, Risk Management Frame Work, Risk Governance, IRDAI, Policies and Regulation, SEBI
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Original Article
Open Access
Capital Structure and its Determinants During the Pre and Post Period of Recession : Pecking Order vs. Trade Off Theory
Anupam De, Arindam Banerjee
· pp. 44–58
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2017/v11i1/108961
This research study was undertaken to understand if there were any significant changes in variables influencing the capital structure decisions of BSE 500 companies in the post period of recession in comparison with the pre - period of recession. A …
Keywords:
Capital Structure, Financial Leverage, Pecking Order Theory, Trade off Theory, Regression Analysis, Recession
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Original Article
Open Access
Managing Performance of Mutual Funds During Different Phases of a Business Cycle in India
Shubhkamna Rathore, Sukhdev Singh
· pp. 59–70
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2017/v11i1/108962
The present study evaluated the performance of mutual funds (sector wise) in India over a period of 11 years (2003 to 2014) using performance indicators such as Sharpe ratio, Jensen alpha, and Treynor's ratio. The analysis consisted of 54 schemes …
Keywords:
Mutual Fund, AMCs, Sharpe Ratio, Treynor's Ratio, Jensen Alpha
