This paper examines the magnitude and determinants of trading costs for small-cap funds in Australia. The total price impact for these funds is 0.99% (-0.34%) for purchases (sales). This is considerably larger than costs reported in prior literature. Both purchases and sales exhibit price...

We examine the informativeness of quarterly disclosed portfolio holdings across four institutional investor types: hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and private banking firms. Overweight positions outperform underweight positions only for hedge funds. By decomposing holdings and stock...

Using a unique dataset of Australian equity fund managers that spans 18.5 years, we examine why institutional traders may prefer more reputable full-service brokers to discount (or less reputable) brokers. In particular, we examine two possible determinants in this choice: execution ability and...