Recently there has been a rapid growth in the assets managed by "hedged mutual funds" - mutual funds mimicking hedge funds strategies. In this paper, we examine the performance of these funds relative to hedge funds and traditional mutual funds. We find that despite their use of similar trading...

In the United States, exchange-traded funds can defer capital gains taxes of their investors by taking advantage of a legal loophole. To quantify the impact of this tax loophole on investor portfolios, we study a rank-dependent expected utility model. We develop an approximation formula for the...

Besteuerung nach alter Rechtslage (Investmentsteuergesetz 2004) -- Besteuerung nach neuer Rechtslage (Investmentsteuergesetz 2018) -- Vergleichende Analyse der Besteuerungssysteme -- Portfoliooptimierung

When faced with higher managerial taxes, mutual fund managers who personally invest in the funds they manage take on greater risk. By exploiting the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 2012 as an exogenous tax shock, we observe that co-investing fund managers increase risk-taking by...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird in vier Forschungsbeiträgen der Einfluss der Besteuerung auf Investitionsentscheidungen in Indexprodukte (Indexzertifikate, börsengehandelte Indexfonds) untersucht sowie eine Evaluierung der Auswirkungen des Gesetzes zur Reform der Investmentbesteuerung auf...