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. Particularly, we examine the impact of ICT adoption on changing values of exchange traded funds in Brazil and Mexico, comparing it … development of exchange traded funds in Mexico and in the United States, measured by increases in assets under management …. Moreover, in the period 2002-2012 Mexico has caught up with the United States in terms of ETFs share in total investment funds …
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. Particularly, we examine the impact of ICT adoption on changing values of exchange traded funds in Brazil and Mexico, comparing it … fast development of exchange traded funds in Mexico and in the United States, measured by increases in assets under … management. Moreover, in the period 2002-2012 Mexico has caught up with the United States in terms of ETFs share in total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802118
examine the impact of increasing ICT penetration on the assets of exchange traded funds in Brazil, Mexico, Japan and South …, Mexico, the United States and South Korea; while in Brazil the analogous relationship is relatively weak, although still …
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In this study, I demonstrate that international mutual funds can cause temporary stock price deviations from fundamentals in the countries they have positions in. I show that US mutual funds massively sold their Mexican equity when the recent crisis was developing, which then led to the average...
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Target Date Funds (TDFs) provide retirement investors, many of whom are unsophisticated or inattentive, with age-appropriate exposures to different asset classes like stocks and bonds. To maintain exposures, TDFs trade actively against market returns, buying stock funds when the stock market...
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This study re-visits the question of benchmark mismatch among 1281 US equity mutual funds and its impact on benchmark-adjusted fund performance and ranking. All funds report S&P500 index as a prospectus benchmark, yet 2/3 of those are placed in the Morningstar category with risk and objectives...
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The distribution strategies of mutual funds directly or indirectly affect both their growth and their revenues. The extent of resources dedicated by a fund to its distribution channel(s) is therefore an important strategic decision. For a sample of US diversified equity mutual funds in the...
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We examine the use of credit default swaps (CDS) in the U.S. mutual fund industry. We find that among the largest 100 corporate bond funds the use of CDS has increased from 20% in 2004 to 60% in 2008. Among CDS users, the average size of CDS positions (measured by their notional values)...
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We study managerial turnover for both internally managed mutual funds and those managed externally by subadvisors. We argue that turnover of subadvisors provides sharper tests of any underlying board and sponsor monitoring because these data are heavily weighted toward involuntary turnover. We...
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Why do investors keep buying underperforming mutual funds? To address this issue, we develop a one-period principal-agent model with a representative investor and a fund manager in an asymmetric information framework. This model shows that the investors perception of the fund plays the key role...
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