This paper examines the causes and consequences of hedge fund investments in exchange traded funds (ETFs) using U.S. data from 1998 to 2018. The data indicate that transient hedge funds and quasi-indexer hedge funds are substantially more likely to invest in ETFs. Unexpected hedge fund inflows...

This paper examines the performance of 538 sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments into venture capital, private equity, and real asset funds (“alternative asset funds”) from 52 countries around the world over the years 1995-2020. The data indicate SWFs are significantly slower to fully...

Using a sample of stocks experiencing large price changes in 40 countries over 20 years, we investigate the association between investors' traits that vary by national culture – overconfidence, conservatism, and risk tolerance – and proposed theoretical explanations for short-term equity...