Competition and cooperation in mutual fund families

RB Evans, MP Prado, R Zambrana - Journal of Financial Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Using manager compensation disclosure and intra-family manager cooperation measures,
we create indices of family-level competitive/cooperative incentives. Families that encourage …

Mutual fund performance persistence: Factor models and portfolio size

K Cuthbertson, D Nitzsche, N O'Sullivan - International Review of Financial …, 2022 - Elsevier
We re-examine US mutual fund performance persistence. We investigate persistence (i)
using both “academic” factor models and “practitioner” index models,(ii) using decile-size …

Do analysts''forecast properties deter suboptimal labor investment decisions? Evidence from Regulation Fair Disclosure

MA Sualihu, A Yawson, I Yusoff - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021 - Elsevier
We examine whether analysts' forecast properties deter inefficient labor investment
decisions. Using accuracy and dispersion as analysts' forecast properties, we find that more …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-intensive industries in Socially Responsible mutual funds' portfolios

F Muñoz - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, I study the exposure of Socially Responsible mutual funds (SR) to black
industries (ie, carbon-intensive sectors: fossil fuel, metal and utilities) and its effect on the …

Institutional and individual investors: Saving for old age

S Ongena, AA Zalewska - Journal of banking & finance, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper brings together the academic literature on individual and institutional investors in
order to understand the nature of difficulties faced by them and set the background for the …

Endogeneity in the mutual fund flow–performance relationship: An instrumental variables solution

D Rakowski, E Yamani - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2021 - Elsevier
We use an instrumental variables (IV) approach to examine the effects of dynamic
endogeneity when estimating the relationship between mutual fund flows and performance …

[HTML][HTML] Can managers' characteristics explain European bond mutual fund performance?

P Durán-Santomil, L Otero-González… - Finance Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to discover whether the characteristics of European bond fund managers
affect mutual fund performance and risk. Based on 7,930 fund-year observations, gathered …

Crowding: Evidence from fund managerial structure

CR Harvey, Y Liu, EKM Tan, M Zhu - Available at SSRN 3554636, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Over the past 30 years, a striking evolution in fund management structure has taken place,
with the proportion of team-managed funds growing from 33% to over 70%. While many …

How do the size and independence of the board of trustees affect the financial and sustainable performance of socially responsible mutual funds?

F Munoz - Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, I study for first time how the board of trustees' size and independence influence
the financial performance and sustainability scores of socially responsible (SR) mutual …

Pitfalls and perils of financial innovation: The use of CDS by corporate bond funds

T Adam, A Guettler - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2015 - Elsevier
We use the financial crisis of 2007–2009 as a laboratory to examine the costs and benefits
of teams versus single managers in asset management. We find that when a fund uses …