International Journal of Research in Finance and Management is peer-reviewed and refereed journal publishing high quality papers on all aspects of finance and management. International Journal of Research in Finance and Management is mainly dedicated to Financial Institutions, Corporate Governance, Financial Markets, International Business, International Finance, Derivatives, E-Business, Financial Reporting, Alternative Investment, Asset Pricing, Banking Efficiency, Banking Regulation, Bank Solvency and Capital Structure, Commodity and Energy Markets, Credit Rating, Derivative Pricing and Hedging, Empirical Finance, Financial Applications of Decision Theory or Game Theory, Financial Applications of Simulation or Numerical Methods, Financial Economics, Financial Engineering, Financial Forecasting, Financial Risk Management and Analysis, Portfolio Optimization and Trading, Regulation of Financial Markets and Institutions, Stochastic Models for Asset and Instrument Prices, Systemic Risk, Corporate Finance, Portfolio and Security Analysis, Fixed Income Securities, Investments, Real Estate Finance and all other relevant areas.