Neste estudo, verifica-se se os retornos dos fundos de investimento no Brasil decorrem da habilidade dos gestores ou apenas do fator sorte. Foi utilizada a metodologia de Fama e French, que concluem pela irrelevância da habilidade nos Estados Unidos da América. Para estimar a distribuição de alfas que seriam obtidos por mera sorte, foram gerados dez mil fundos simulados a partir de sorteios dentre os retornos dos fundos reais em cada mês. Na comparação dos alfas simulados com os reais, evidenciou-se haver habilidade na geração de retornos anormais positivos, especialmente pelos gestores dos fundos grandes.

The role played by the board of a firm is one of the main aspects considered in literature on corporate governance around of the world. simultaneously, the social and institutional relations have been seen as preponderant factor for the happened results of the performance of such boards of big companies. However not yet research is verified that analyze the role of the boards from the Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Brazil. In this manner, this study aims to verify the existence of associations between centrality level, density and cohesion of the boards of Brazilian companies and firmperformance. Then, we evaluate 615 individuals, that had formed the boards of the 90 listed companies in the Novo Mercado of the S˜ao Paulo Stock Exchange in 2007. The analysis was lead in two phases. In the first one we present the configuration of the networks of board members, in second place, we verify associations between structure of the network and performance. It was verified that the centrality, density and the cohesion of the firms, in terms of its board members, are related with performance, some times in terms of Return Over Assets (Roa), some times in debt. Of this form, we conclude that organizations most located in the networks of corporative relations tend to present greater yield and minor debt.

This article analyzes the credit constraints, using the cash flow sensitivity approach, of private and listed companies between 2007 and 2010. According to this approach, the econometric results show that the credit constraints are the same for either private or listed companies. This paper seeks to contribute to the literature because the study of credit constraints of private companies based on cash flow sensitivity in Brazil has been rare.

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