We introduce a novel framework for goals-based wealth management (GBWM), where risk is understood as the probability of investors not attaining their goals, not just the standard deviation of investors' portfolios. Our framework is based on a foundation of developments in behavioral economics...

Research has shown that the way asset owners deal with their asset managers often leads to adverse outcomes for themselves and their asset managers. This paper introduces an innovative framework which plays a key role in achieving a stronger alignment between an asset owner and their asset...

Questions about Government regulation and agency issues are inherent in political economy as both relate to the operation of markets. Government is involved in setting the rules of the game, so to speak, and agency questions necessarily arise in those organisations where ownership is separated...

We now know that research findings favorable to the sponsor of the research should be discounted on the grounds of conflict of interest (e.g., tobacco companies or pharma companies). Incentives distort research findings. Is the same true in the field of finance? I argue that economic incentives...

Incentives distort research findings. We now know that research findings favorable to the sponsor of the research should be discounted on the grounds of conflict of interest (e.g., tobacco companies or pharma companies). Is the same true in the field of finance? I argue that economic incentives...

This paper examines the characteristics and the critical aspects of the Italian Asset management industry. It reports the results of interviews conducted with 21 mutual fund managers working in 10 of the most important Italian asset management companies.The focus is mainly on the relationship...

We study the role of race and ethnicity in the investment decisions of mutual fund managers and investors. Funds managed by white-dominant teams allocate larger portfolio weights to firms led by white CEOs compared to funds managed by minority-dominant teams. Nevertheless, white-dominant fund...

Investment funds are highly connected with each other, but also with the broader financial system. In this paper, we quantify potential vulnerabilities arising from funds' connectedness. While previous work exclusively focused on indirect connections (overlapping asset portfolios) between...

We study the long-run outcomes associated with hedge funds' compensation structure. Over a 22-year period, the aggregate effective incentive fee rate is 2.5 times the average contractual rate (i.e., around 50% instead of 20%). Overall, investors collected 36 cents for every dollar earned on...

Investment funds are highly connected with each other, but also with the broader financial system. In this paper, we quantify potential vulnerabilities arising from funds' connectedness. While previous work exclusively focused on indirect connections (overlapping asset portfolios) between...