Based on a questionnaire survey this article distinguishes between herding asset managers who try to be good, and nonherding asset managers who try to be better than their competitors. It provides evidence for reputational herding and discusses herding managers' working effort, preferred sources...

Based on a questionnaire survey the paper distinguishes between herding asset managers who try to be good and non-herding asset managers who try to be better than their competitors. It provides evidence for reputational herding and discusses herding managers' working effort, preferred sources of...

As institutional investors are engaged to realize attractive risk-adjusted returns, they can by definition be seen as risk managers. This paper analyzes their risk management behavior from a macro perspective and focuses on their incentives for rational herding. Based on a questionnaire survey...

A survey of fund managers reveals home bias for these sophisticated investors in an unrestricted setting. Proximity, perceived informational advantage and higher expected returns are confirmed as accompanying factors. In addition, the home bias of equity managers is also related to...

This paper offers new insights into the Italian mutual fund industry. Surveying Italian professionals, we do not only reveal typical gender differences but also detect divergence to their German counterparts. While disclosing Italian professionals’ overly positive self-assessment in general,...

Während institutionelle Investoren in stetig wachsenden Finanzmärkten seit Jahren unaufhaltsam an Bedeutung gewinnen, ist die Vorgehensweise dieser Marktakteure - insbesondere die der einflussreichen Untergruppe der Fondsmanager - bislang relativ unerforscht. Um diese Lücke zu schließen,...