This paper studies the flow-performance relationship of three di®erent investorgroups in mutual funds: Households, financial corporations, and insurance compa-nies and pension funds, establishing the following findings: Financial corporationshave a strong tendency to chase past performance and...

We present evidence of the impact of buy-side analysts on the behavior and performanceof fund managers. Using data provided by a large global asset manager,we relate buy-side analysts’ recommendations to fund transactions on a daily basis.Our results show that buy-side analysts have a...

This paper analyzes the current use of incentive-fee-concepts for mutual funds inGermany. Following an empirical analysis about the relevance of these methods,the different methods of calculation and the influence of different parameters aredescribed. Further on it explains the impacts of...

Neben den klassischen Performancemaßen, wie der Sharpe-Ratio, der Treynor-Ratio und dem Jensen-Alpha wurden in den letzten Jahrzehnten weiterführende Ansätze für die Analyse und Bewertung vonKapitalanlagen entwickelt. Die moderneren Performancemaße verlangen keine Konstanz derRisikomaße...

This paper shows that illiquid growth opportunities crucially impact the agency costs of risky debt. If the value of these growth opportunities is sufficiently high, they reverse riskshifting incentives into risk-avoidance incentives, creating a new agency cost of debt.(...)

While the academic world is still discussing if charting works or if it is more orless something like “Voodoo finance”, the practical orientated world has been usingtechnical analysis for decades. One argument of practitioners is that technical analysisis useful to “disciplinate” the...

Der Cost Average-Effekt gehört gewissermaßen zum Investment-Basiswissen ...

Betrachtet man das Anlageverhalten deutscher Kapitalanleger, so kanndieses durch eine ausgeprägte Risikoscheu bzw. den Wunsch nach Sicherheitcharakterisiert werden. Ausdruck findet das Sicherheitsstrebendarin, daß nur 20% des Gesamtvermögens der privaten deutschen Haushaltein Wertpapieren...