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Institutional Herding in Bond Markets
Oehler, Andreas; Chao, George Goeth-Chi - 2000
Recent research has shown that institutional herding is a relevant phenomenon in stock markets. Do institutional investors also follow each other in bond markets? This paper focuses on the German bond market and uses data from 57 German mutual funds that invest mainly in DM-denominated bonds,...
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Kosten der privaten Altersvorsorge: Private Rentenversicherungen und Fondssparpläne im Vergleich
Westerheide, Peter - 2001
Ansparen in Investmentfonds mit gleicher durchschnittlicher Renditeerwartung vor Kosten, wie sie private Rentenversicherungen … bieten, und den hier unterstellten Kosten für aktienorientierte Investmentfonds aus Kostensicht nicht immer effizient ist …. Sofern aktienorientierte Investmentfonds jedoch im langfristigen Durchschnitt höhere Renditen vor Kosten erwirtschaften …
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Socially Responsible Investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States: An Analysis of Investment Funds and Indices
Schröder, Michael - 2003
The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen´s alpha as performance measure. The analysis considers market timing strategies of the fund management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298128
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Institutional investors in Germany: Insurance companies and investment funds
Maurer, Raimond H. - 2003
This chapter focuses on institutional investors in the German financial markets. Institutional investors are specialized financial intermediaries who collect and manage funds on behalf of small investors toward specific objectives in terms of risk, return and maturity. The major types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298239
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Venture capital syndicate networks: the determinants of interconnectedness
Schilder, Dirk - 2007
Dieser Artikel untersucht die Venture Capital (VC) Syndizierungsnetzwerke in Deutschland und inwieweit bestimmte Charakteristika der beteiligten VC Gesellschaften die Vernetzung der Investoren beeinflussen. Der verwendete Datensatz besteht aus 300 VC Investitionen und deren Investoren aus den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298529
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Purchase and redemption decisions of mutual fund investors and the role of fund families
Jank, Stephan; Wedow, Michael - 2010
This paper investigates the purchases and redemptions of a large cross-sectional sample of German equity funds. We find that investors punish bad performance by selling their shares, but also have a tendency to sell winners. Investors in large fund families show higher sales and redemption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300703
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Investment certificates under German taxation: Benefit or burden for structured products' performance?
Scholz, Peter; Walther, Ursula - 2010
Despite their impressive market success, investment certificates' benefits are puzzling from both a theoretical and an empirical viewpoint. Previous research analyzed portfoliotheoretical issues, mispricing patterns, and counterparty risk. This work highlights the impact of taxation, which has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301716
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Was kostet eine Garantie? Ein statistischer Vergleich der Rendite von langfristigen Anlagen
Becker, Christoph; Wystup, Uwe - 2008
Bei der Altersvorsorge von Privatanlegern ergibt sich in der derzeitigen Marktsituation die Frage nach der Einführung von Anlageprodukten mit Garantien. Garantien können sich auf das Kapital oder auf eine Mindestrendite beziehen. Produktvarianten können Fonds oder Zertifikate sein. Aus Furcht...
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Rapid Trading bei deutschen Aktienfonds: Evidenz aus einer großen deutschen Fondsgesellschaft
Fang, Jieyan; Ruenzi, Stefan - 2009
Rapid Trading, d.h. der kurzfristige Kauf und Verkauf von Fondsanteilen durch Fondsinvestoren, steht im Widerspruch zur Fondskonzeption, wonach Fonds Instrumente zum langfristigen Vermögensaufbau darstellen, und kann zu negativen Auswirkungen auf die Performance führen. Wir verwenden Daten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302541
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Purchase and redemption decisions of mutual fund investors and the role of fund families
Jank, Stephan; Wedow, Michael - 2010
This paper investigates the purchases and redemptions of a large cross-sectional sample of German equity funds. We find that investors punish bad performance by selling their shares, but also have a tendency to sell winners. Investors in large fund families show higher sales and redemption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302545