The present study has considered securities data and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) measures of firms from France, Japan and the United Kingdom. Securities data and ESG measures are subjected to cross-sectional OLS regressions of working capital and cash conversion cycle on ESG risk ratings. Agency cost effects have been found, as ESG risk increased working capital, while reducing the cash conversion cycle. Results are consistent across all three countries. It has been concluded that failure to meet ESG goals increases firm risk. The increase in risk may be met by increasing short-term liquidity. The unnecessary increase in short-term liquidity limits the firm’s ability to employ funds to exploit growth opportunities and maximize shareholder wealth.

This study investigates the dynamic causal relationship between India’s GDP and key macroeconomic variables (exports, imports, inflation, exchange rate, BSE and NSE) over a period from January 2000 to December 2024 by using monthly data. Cointegration test has confirmed the presence of one cointegrating equation that means long-run equilibrium relationship exists along with short-run dynamics as provided by VECM estimates through HAC standard errors provided by Newey-West. The CUSUM test has confirmed overall model stability and while heteroskedasticity has been taken care of by applying HAC standard errors. The study has also shown both uni-directional as well as bi-directional casualties.

The present study seeks to examine the stock-selection performance of the sample open-ended equity mutual fund schemes of Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund Company based on traditional and conditional performance measures. It is generally expected that inclusion of some relevant predetermined public information variables in the conditional CAPM provides better performance estimates as compared to the traditional measures. The study reports that after inclusion of conditioning public information variables, the selectivity performances of the schemes have dramatically improved relative to the traditional measure and also found that conditional measure is superior to traditional measure in statistical test.