We investigate whether access to information prior to an IPO generates a trading advantage after the IPO. We find that limited partners (LPs) of venture capital funds obtain high returns when they invest in newly listed stocks backed by their funds. These returns are not explained by LPs'...

We contrast the investment strategies of hedge funds and mutual funds around M&A transactions. We find that hedge funds increase their holdings of soon-to-be takeover targets by 7.5% during the quarter before M&A announcements. Conversely, mutual funds reduce their equity holdings in impending...

In this paper, I show that prime brokers play an important role in intermediating capital to hedge funds. Specifically, I document that a fund's performance, relative to peers that share the same prime broker, is a first-order determinant of fund flows. I decompose the standard performance-flow...

We argue that institutional brokerage networks facilitate liquidity provision and mitigate price impact of large non-information motivated trades. Using commission payments, we map trading networks of mutual funds and brokers. We find central funds outperform peripheral funds, especially as...

Technology spillovers across firms affect corporate innovation, productivity, and value, according to prior research, so information about technology spillovers should matter to investors. We argue that technology spillovers increase the complexity and uncertainty of value relevant information...

Using a panel of Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads and supply chain links, we observe that both favorable and unfavorable credit shocks propagate through supply chains in the CDS market. Particularly, the three-day cumulative abnormal CDS spread change (CASC) is 63 basis points for firms whose...

Final working paper version. "" Published version: The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 31, Issue 7, July 2018, pp. 2499–2552. Past fund performance does a poor job of predicting future outcomes. The reason is noise. Using a random effects framework, we reduce the noise by pooling...

We extend the literature by investigating whether analysts cater their coverage to investor information demand. Results suggest that analysts' coverage is contemporaneously positively associated with investor information demand, and negatively associated with the previous time periods...

By using institutional trading data in a sample of US IPOs, I show that investment managers provide costly price support in the aftermarket of IPOs in which their parent banks are non-lead syndicate members. This costly support is concentrated in cold IPOs and IPOs net sold by independent...

Using unique data at transaction and counterparty identity level, we study the microstructure of the Swiss franc FX over‑the‑counter (OTC) derivatives market during a time of stress that was triggered by the decision of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the Swiss franc‑euro exchange...