We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel data set on their cash holdings To provide investors … with claims that are more liquid than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically … underlying portfolio assets. This is particularly true for funds with illiquid assets and at times of low market liquidity. We …

We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel data set on their cash holdings. To provide investors … with claims that are more liquid than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically … underlying portfolio assets. This is particularly true for funds with illiquid assets and at times of low market liquidity. We …

The paper studies the effect of growing mutual fund and ETF ownership on the commonality in liquidity of underlying … bonds. Unpredictable liquidity needs of funds may give rise to correlated trading across underlying illiquid bonds. I … document that there is a positive and significant relationship between ETF ownership and liquidity commonality of investment …

-shares of the same fund during the unprecedented liquidity crisis in March 2020. For an average bond or equity mutual fund … collective "dash for cash" by consumers and firms in need of liquidity at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic was not the source …