For a taxable investor with a highly appreciated equity portfolio, replacing the portfolio manager is likely to trigger substantial tax liabilities. We focus on transitioning an appreciated equity portfolio to an actively managed strategy. We compare transition from an appreciated portfolio to a...

Investors often regret their trades. Regret can significantly impact their strategic decisions, for example, by making them abandon a pre-planned investment strategy during stressed market conditions. Therefore, minimizing expected regret is a prudent way to construct investment strategies. We...

Research on business portfolio restructuring has largely focused on antecedents and outcomes of single events such as acquisitions and divestitures, and on performance implications of diversification or refocusing strategies. Yet, longitudinal studies that investigate the transformation process...