We examine situations where the same fund manager simultaneously manages mutual funds and hedge funds. We refer to this as side-by-side management. We document 344 such cases involving 693 mutual funds and 538 hedge funds. Proponents of this practice argue that it is essential to hire and retain...

In the 1990s, many load funds introduced additional share classes that give investors the choice of paying back-end loads and/or annual fees instead of front-end loads. The transition to a multiple-class structure provides a well-controlled setting for research with regard to investor clienteles...

In the 1990s, a large majority of funds with front-end loads introduced additional share classes, which allowed investors to pay annual fees and/or back-end charges instead of a front-end load. The transition to a multiple-class structure provides a natural experiment with regard to investor...

We examine the extent to which a fund's cash flows are affected by the stellar performance of other funds in its family - and consequences of such spillovers. We show that star performance results in greater cash inflow to the fund and to other funds in its family. Moreover, families with higher...