mutual funds are the best tool to mobilize savings and investments in an economy and pakistan is the pioneer in south asia, but this industry is not as much mature in comparison to its age in pakistan. this paper examines the performance of closed ended mutual funds in pakistan by using five different ranking measures during a period of january 2009 to december 2013 and the sample consists of o...

This note reviews the literature on fund performance. A practical way of gauging market efficiency is to attempt to identify above-average risk-adjusted returns from one or more market participants that are the result of skill, as opposed to luck. If any such returns are identified, then the market is not efficient. In practice, such a test is best performed by seeking persistence in the return...

the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of information delay on theperformance of joint investment funds. in order to achieve the aim of thisstudy sample consisted of twenty funds in the tehran stock exchange from2010 to 2014 the systematic elimination method has been adopted. in thisstudy, the linear regression test has been used in order to evaluate the researchhypothesis. data analys...

since insuring agricultural products is one of the effective instruments for risk management in agricultural sector, it can reduce risk avoidance among farmers and increase their competence in using production factors and, consequently, increases their inclination towards investment in agricultural sectors. the purpose of the current study was to investigate the factors influencing policyholder...

By the end of 2018, the net asset value in total and the number of Sharia mutual funds in Indonesia is dominated by the Sharia equity fund. Therefore, this study sought to address the factors of internal and external factors affecting the Sharia equity funds’ performance in Indonesia in the period 2010-2018. The fund performance is measured with the Sharpe ratio. The determinants of fund perfor...