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Original Article
Open Access
A Study of Co-Movement Among Indices of Bombay Stock Exchange
P. S. Vohra
· pp. 11–29
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2016/v10i9/101476
In the last decade, financial reforms have led to creditable growth in the Indian stock market. Even every day, it is touching new highs and the predications are all above from the current level. Interestingly, experts link market decline with …
Keywords:
Indices, Comovement, Econometrics, Stock Exchange, Financial Reforms, BSE
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Original Article
Open Access
Market Concentration and Firm Performance : Evidences from the Indian Life Insurance Industry
Joy Chakraborty
· pp. 30–52
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2016/v10i9/101477
In the pre-reform era, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI) dominated the Indian life insurance sector with a market share of close to 100%. But the situation drastically changed since the beginning of the year 2000. With the development of …
Keywords:
Life Insurance, IRDA, Concentration, Competition, Financial Performances, HHI, Normalised HHI, K-Concentration Ratio, Analysis of Variance, Pairwise Comparisons
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Original Article
Open Access
A Study of Tender Offer Buyback and its Share Price Performance in India
Urvashi Varma, Alka Munjal
· pp. 53–65
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2016/v10i9/101479
Almost 90% of the 54 public announcements for tender offer buyback between 2004 to 2013 suggested that their primary need for buyback is to increase the overall shareholder value for long term shareholders. The other important drivers are capital structure …
Keywords:
Share Buyback, Tender Offers, and Abnormal Return
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Original Article
Open Access
Globalizing the Board and Financial Performance : Evidence from Nigerian Banks
Uwuigbe Olubukunola, Uwuigbe Uwalomwa, O. Iyoha Francis, Omankhanlen Alex Ehimare
· pp. 66–71
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2016/v10i9/101481
The board of directors is crucial and very important in a business control structure. The value of boards in decision making and increasing the wealth of shareholders depends on how well directors perform their functions. However, the role of foreign …
Keywords:
Foreign Director, Performance, Monitoring, Banks, Investment
