PurposeThe purpose of this study is to define FinTech, differentiating it from
financial technology and use the definition to develop an industry
framework.Design/methodology/approachUsing the existing literature on FinTech
and incorporating these contributions into a traditional financial structure,
characteristics are outlined and placed into a framework that describes the
FinTech industry.Findi... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe paper aims to investigate the monthly and trading month effects in
the stock market returns of the ASE using daily data before and after the crisis
of 1999‐2001. In addition, the study seeks to consider data from both periods of
the ASE, before and after the upgrade of the market (May
2001).Design/methodology/approachThis paper examines the calendar effects in the
Greek stock market ret... hiện toàn bộ
Muhammad Zubair Tauni, Zia-ur-Rehman Rao, Hong Fang, Minghao Gao
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the key
sources of information, namely, financial advice, word-of-mouth communication
and specialized press, on trading behavior of Chinese stock investors. The study
also analyzed if the association between the key sources of information and
trading behavior is influenced by investor personality.
Design/methodology/approach The aut... hiện toàn bộ
It may be instructive to examine the reaction of the accounting profession to
the inflationary phenomenon in the ten countries in which tentative or final
positions have been taken. The record is curious indeed.
During the past year or two the City has had to face criticism that the private
financial sector has failed in its proclaimed purpose of providing industry with
the funds it needs for expansion and investment in new plant and equipment. To
the extent that business can only flourish in a secure and confident economic
environment—and it is the Government that it looks to for creating that
environmen... hiện toàn bộ
This paper reports the results of an empirical study undertaken during 1988 into
firstly the opinions of corporate treasurers in UK multinational corporations on
the process of financial innovation and the relationship between the corporates
and their banks in the context of this process, and secondly the use of
financial innovations in the MNCs' management of foreign exchange risk. It
concludes t... hiện toàn bộ
This article discusses the activities of some leading pension funds in providing
money for business and commerce, especially the smaller company sector, and
outlines ways in which those activities might be enhanced by further
initiatives.
PurposeThis study seeks to examine the effectiveness of controlling the currency
risk for international diversified mixed‐asset portfolios via two different
hedge instruments, currency forwards and currency options. So far, currency
forward has been the most common hedge tool, which will be compared here with
currency options to control the foreign currency exposure risk. In this regard,
several h... hiện toàn bộ
This study examines the price behavior of a sample of Canadian bank stocks
surrounding the announcement by Citicorp of a large increase in their provision
for loan losses induced by their exposure to debt of lesser developed countries
in general and their exposure to Brazilian debt in particular. Both the US and
Canadian reactions were positive but the magnitude of the Canadian abnormal
returns wa... hiện toàn bộ