scholarly journals Managerial Reputation, Risk-Taking, and Imperfect Capital Markets

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Asano
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Investor Protection ◽  
Project Selection ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Imperfect Capital Markets ◽  
Managerial Reputation ◽  
Risk Managers

AbstractThis paper presents a model of portfolio management with reputation concerns in imperfect capital markets. Managers with financial constraints raise funds from investors and select a project that is characterized by the degree of risk. Managers differ in their ability to determine the probability of success. Based on past performance, all agents revise beliefs about managers’ ability, and the beliefs affect the availability of funds in the future. This provides motivation for managers to build reputation by manipulating their performance through project selection. We show that the quality of investor protection changes fund flows, thereby influencing managers’ project selection. Our model predicts that strong investor protection causes risk-taking behavior, whereas weak investor protection leads to risk-averse behavior.

scholarly journals Capital markets in Central and Eastern Europe: two selected cases

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 597-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luminiţa Nicolescu ◽  
Florentin Gabriel Tudorache
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Mutual Fund Flows

Abstract The evolution of mutual funds in terms of their inflows and outflows is seen as a good indicator of the capital markets’ performance in different countries. At individual level, investors substantiate their buying decisions on the past performance information and invest asymmetrically in funds with very good performance in the previous periods. Numerous studies, mainly conducted in US, illustrate that mutual fund flows are highly dependent on the funds’ previous performance, as a common behavior of investors resides in looking for highly performing funds than to get rid of poorly performing ones. This paper investigates the flows of funds into and out of Slovakian and Hungarian mutual funds during the period 2007-2014 and has as main purpose to analyze the behavior of investors in mutual funds in these two emerging financial markets. The analysis focuses on identifying patterns in investors’ decision making processes and on checking the similarity of their behavioral patterns and illustrating differences among the two. Given the peculiarities of the studied period, a financially turbulent period, the paper also tries to evaluate if and how the financial crisis affected the investing behavior of Slovakian and Hungarian investors, based on the evolution of inflows and outflows of funds in a period that comprises the global financial crisis and the present period in which recovery has started.

Global Algorithmic Capital Markets

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
Systemic Risk ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Investor Protection ◽  
High Frequency Trading ◽  
Market Making ◽  
Market Governance ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Impact

This book illustrates and assesses the dramatic recent transformations in capital markets worldwide and the impact of those transformations. ‘Market making’ by humans in centralized markets has been replaced by supercomputers and algorithmic high frequency trading operating in often highly fragmented markets. How do recent market changes impact on core public policy objectives such as investor protection, reduction of systemic risk, fairness, efficiency, and transparency in markets? The operation and health of capital markets affect all of us and have profound implications for equality and justice in society. This unique set of chapters by leading scholars, industry insiders, and regulators sheds light on these and related questions and discusses ways to strengthen market governance for the benefit of society at large.

Capital Market Imperfections and the Sensitivity of Investment to Stock Prices

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei V. Ovtchinnikov ◽  
John J. McConnell
Keyword(s):  
Capital Markets ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Debt Overhang ◽  
Capital Market Imperfections ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Imperfect Capital Markets ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
External Equity

AbstractPrior studies argue that investment by undervalued firms that require external equity is particularly sensitive to stock prices in irrational capital markets. We present a model in which investment can appear to be more sensitive to stock prices when capital markets are rational, but subject to imperfections such as debt overhang, information asymmetries, and financial distress costs. Our empirical tests support the rational (but imperfect) capital markets view. Specifically, investment–stock price sensitivity is related to firm leverage, financial slack, and probability of financial distress, but is not related to proxies for firm undervaluation. Because, in our model, stock prices reflect the net present values (NPVs) of investment opportunities, our results are consistent with rational capital markets improving the allocation of capital by channeling more funds to firms with positive NPV projects.

scholarly journals Fund Flows, Performance, Managerial Career Concerns, and Risk-Taking

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Hu ◽  
Jayant R. Kale ◽  
Marco Pagani ◽  
Ajay Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Career Concerns ◽  
Fund Flows
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