scholarly journals The Long and the Short: Portfolio Turnover Ratios & Mutual Fund Investment Time Horizons

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Indirect Measure ◽  
Time Horizons ◽  
Fund Investment ◽  
Short Termism ◽  
Fund Portfolio

Mutual fund portfolio turnover ratios (PTR) are at the center of the short-termism debate, which criticizes corporate maneuvers taken to prop up near-term earnings at the expense of long-term, value focused investments and policies. Scholars and policymakers often rely on portfolio turnover ratios to argue that mutual fund short-termism, as measured by the PTR, is increasing and infecting operating company time horizons. This article answers two main questions central to discerning mutual funds’ role in the short-termism debate. The first is, how long, on average do U.S. registered mutual funds hold onto their assets? The second is, how good of a measure is the PTR at approximating mutual fund holding patterns in light of criticisms that the PTR is an indirect measure, does not reflect fund flows, and excludes investment strategy considerations?Using a unique data set of U.S. registered mutual funds from 2005–15, this Article finds that mutual fund investment time horizons, as measured by portfolio turnover ratios, did not decline during 2005–15. This finding holds for all major categories of mutual funds, including index funds and actively managed funds and produced an average holding period in the range of fifteen to seventeen months. Based on this analysis, scholars and policymakers may think of mutual fund investment time horizons as short, but not shortening. These findings are confirmed by three alternative measurements of time horizons: Duration, Churn Rates, and Modified Portfolio Turnover. Consistent across-measure results mitigate PTR criticisms as a rough estimate of time horizons and endorse its continued use in SEC reporting. These observations also validate policymakers’ and scholars’ use of mutual fund PTRs in legal and policy debates, and contribute current, empirical evidence adding nuance to claims of mutual fund short-termism.Citation: Anne M. Tucker, The Long and the Short: Portfolio Turnover Ratios & Mutual Fund Investment Time Horizons, 43 J. Corp. L. 581 (2018).

How Many Mutual Funds Constitute a Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolio?

CFA Digest ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
John H. Earl
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Fund Portfolio

Investor Sentiment and Flows into Treasury Funds

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Investor Sentiment ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Inflation Expectations ◽  
Relative Response ◽  
Financial Market Risk ◽  
Blue Chip

The author compares the relative response of Treasury fund flows to the sentiment-prone Michigan Survey of Inflation Expectations and to the Blue Chip Survey of Financial Forecasts, a professional forecast of inflation. The Treasury market is an ideal subject for examining whether or not sentiment affects flows: it is highly liquid, making it unlikely that it is hard to arbitrage, and inflation is the primary factor affecting its returns. Using mutual fund inflows into TIPs and Treasury mutual funds that occurred between January 1991 and June 2011, the author finds that the Michigan Survey is insignificantly related to flows into inflation-indexed TIPs and is positively related to flows into nominal Treasury funds. The Blue Chip Survey does not have incremental explanatory power. The evidence is consistent with a combination of a hedging motive and a flight to liquidity triggered by information in the Michigan Survey about households’ perception of financial market risk. The two motives reinforce each other in driving flows into nominal Treasury funds when the Michigan forecast of inflation is high, while they appear to cancel each other out in determining flows into the illiquid TIPS market.

scholarly journals Does Sustainability Score Impact Mutual Fund Performance?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Durán-Santomil ◽  
Luis Otero-González ◽  
Renato Heitor Correia-Domingues ◽  
Juan Carlos Reboredo
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Value At Risk ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Socially Responsible Investments ◽  
Mutual Fund Flows ◽  
European Equity

Given that sustainable investing constitutes a major force across global financial markets, in 2016 Morningstar began reporting Morningstar Sustainability scores. We used the 2016, 2017 and 2018 scores to study the effects of socially responsible investments (SRI) on European equity fund performance. Sustainability scores impacted positively on performance, which was consistent with the idea that the mutual funds invested in companies with better scores generate better risk-adjusted and not-risk adjusted performance. We also tested the relation on mutual fund flows and risk. The sustainability score in the previous year is significant on the flows, so higher-rated funds receive a larger volume of funds. In terms of risk, the level of sustainability is negatively related to the value at risk (VaR) of the fund, supporting that higher scored mutual funds offer better protection against extreme losses.

scholarly journals The impact of country-level and fund-level factors on mutual fund performance in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Hoa Thi Nguyen ◽  
Dung Thi Nguyet Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of mutual funds’ performance at both a country level and a fund level in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach The different types of funds with more than three-year operation are selected to remove outliers of the stock market boom from 2015 to 2018. The data set includes 54 mutual funds operating during the period from 2008 until November 2018. Findings The research finds that there is a positive relationship between macroeconomics and mutual funds’ performance. Furthermore, country-level governance such as regulation effectiveness, political stability, economic growth and financial development has a positive correlation with mutual funds’ performance. However, the impact of fund-level factors is diverse with the no significant impact of board size on mutual fund’s performance, while passive funds perform better than active funds in Vietnam. Practical implications The research results suggest that investors should pay attention to the types of funds and operating expense when making an investment decision in mutual funds. There are some recommendations for both government policy-makers and the mutual fund industry that are likely to facilitate the development of this field in Vietnam. Originality/value The research contributes to the understanding of what are the factors that should be considered when investing in mutual funds.

scholarly journals How to Direct a Mutual-Fund Portfolio by Walking Through Common Strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-516
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Know How ◽  
The World ◽  
Game Plan ◽  
Fund Portfolio ◽  
The Way

The way to portfolio management is to have at every that you hold quickly too. The best cash supervisors on the world are powerful in light of the way that they have a request to direct cash and they have a game plan to contribute. What is needed is a sound academic framework for settling on decisions and the ability to keep sentiments from expending that structure." Most people contribute to finishing a target, the most generally perceived being retirement and school. Making a game plan upgrades your conceivable outcomes of advancement, despite for shorter-term funds destinations like a house in advance portion, excursion or auto. Right when contributing for a target, consider these requests. At the point when will I require my speculation, the amount of will I require, what is the best record sort, assessable or cost-advantaged. Answers to these request will help choose the measure of danger you can take, the sum you need to contribute and what kind of record you should consider, after we have manufactured your portfolio of mutual funds, we have to know how to look after it. Here, we discuss how to deal with a mutual-fund portfolio by strolling through four basic techniques.

scholarly journals The Performance of Sharia Equity Fund Investment Manager

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Anni Maftukhah
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Ratio Method ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Turnover Ratio ◽  
Investment Manager ◽  
Fund Investment ◽  
Fund Size

Sharia mutual funds are fund raising activities from investors to be managed by investment managers with sharia-based management, namely by not investing funds in companies whose types and scope of business are not in accordance with Islamic sharia. This study was conducted to determine the effect of turnover ratio, expenses ratio, fund size, managerial tenure, and fund selection skills on the performance of sharia mutual fund investment managers in Indonesia. The data used in this study are monthly Net Asset Value, BI rate, IHSG, annual turnover data, annual expenses ratio data, and prospectus of 9 sharia stock mutual funds from December 2014 to December 2018. Samples were taken based on the purposive sampling method during this research. The measurement of the performance of sharia equity fund investment managers uses the Sharpe Ratio method. The method used is multiple linear regression analysis and classic assumption tests using descriptive statistical tests, multicollinearity tests, and heteroscedasticity tests using EVIEWS 10 statistical software. The results of this study indicate that turnover ratio, fund size, fund selection skills significantly influence performance Islamic mutual fund investment manager. While expenses and managerial tenure ratios do not significantly influence the performance of investment managers in Islamic mutual funds.

Manipulation and performance persistence: an examination of Iranian equity mutual fund performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsa Hosseini ◽  
Mohammad Khodaei Valahzaghard ◽  
Ali Saeedi
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Performance Persistence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lower Tertile ◽  
Time Horizons ◽  
Equity Mutual Funds ◽  
And Performance

Purpose This paper aims to study manipulation and performance persistence in equity mutual funds. To this end, Manipulation-Proof Performance Measure (MPPM) and Doubt Ratio, along with a number of current performance measures are used to evaluate the performance of equity mutual funds in Iran. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate performance manipulation by 1) comparing the results of the MPPM with the current performance measures, 2) checking the Doubt Ratio to detect suspicious funds. Additionally, the authors investigate performance persistence by forming and evaluating portfolios of the equity mutual funds at several time horizons. Findings The authors conclude that there is no evidence of performance manipulation in the equity mutual funds. Additionally, when comparing the performance of the upper (top) tertile portfolios and the lower tertile portfolios, in all of the studied 1, 3, 6 and 12-month horizons, the authors find performance persistence in the equity mutual funds. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is the first study to investigate the performance manipulation in the Iranian equity mutual funds, and also is the first study in Iran that uses the MPPM and the Doubt Ratio in addition to a number of current performance measures to investigate the performance persistence in the equity mutual funds at several time horizons.

scholarly journals The Effect of Fund Uniqueness on Fund Flow Sensitivity: An Empirical Study of Chinese Public Mutual Funds

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Qiaobo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Flow Sensitivity ◽  
Fund Flow ◽  
Stable Pattern ◽  
Panel Regressions ◽  
Equity Funds ◽  
Cluster Analysis Method

With the quick development of mutual funds in China, problem of fund homogeneity becomes more and more non-negligible. This paper constructs a uniqueness index to measure the uniqueness of funds in China by applying cluster analysis method and studies the effect of fund uniqueness on fund flow sensitivity with panel regressions. Using the sample of Chinese publicly-traded equity funds over the years at the quarterly frequency, the empirical result shows that fund uniqueness exert a significant impact on fund flows. That is, fund flows respond less sensitively to the past performance of unique funds than non-unique funds, indicating that more unique funds tend to exhibit a more stable pattern of fund flows. Based on these findings and relevant theories, this paper puts forward some suggestions on promoting the differentiation of fund products in China and thus contributes to the overall health of Chinese mutual fund market.

scholarly journals Funds Manager and Mutual Funds Characteristics on Mutual Funds Performance: Empirical Evidence of Equity Mutual Funds in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Rina Rachmawati ◽  
Sugeng Wahyudi ◽  
Irene Rini Demi Pangestuti ◽  
Najmudin .
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Fund Management ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Equity Funds ◽  
Positive Effect

This study examines the effect of investment fund managers' characteristics in the form of tenure, and mutual fund characteristics with proxy turnover portfolios, market timing and stock selectivity on the performance of stock mutual funds. The research sample is 27 stock mutual funds in Indonesia that were active from 2013 to 2017. On the analysis of the relationships between the characteristics of investment managers and mutual funds characteristics on the performance of stock mutual funds, a series of OLS regressions were run. The panel data regression was included based on using the Eviews. All of the above were aimed at achieving portfolio optimization and realizing the maximization of the interests for fund management companies and investors. The main findings are as follows. Tenure does not affect the performance of stock mutual funds during the years 2013 to 2017, but if divided into 2 quadrants of tenure, namely tenure over 19 years and tenure under 19 years of work, the result is that tenure over 19 years has a positive effect on the performance of stock mutual funds, but tenure brought 19 years has no effect on the performance of equity funds, whereas mutual funds characteristics, which are proxied by portfolio turnover, market timing and stock selectivity, have a significant positive effect on the performance of equity funds in Indonesia. The primary limitation in the scope is the sample, because stock mutual funds that publish consistently Financial statements between 2013 and 2017 are few in number. These findings have important implications for fund management companies as input material that the investment strategy of the investment management team affects the performance of equity funds compared to the characteristics of investment managers with proxies for years of service. This paper proposes a new perspective to evaluate the relationship between the fund manager and mutual funds characteristicsanddivide 2 groups of working years, and calculate them with non-linear models.

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