The Interaction of Market Risk and Idiosyncratic Risk on Equity Mutual Fund Returns

This study examines the importance of idiosyncratic and systematic risks in explaining equity fund returns in Malaysia. The level of market and idiosyncratic risk in a mutual fund depends on what asset class it invests in. Equity type asset classes are exposed to both systematic and idiosyncratic risk but research generally suggest that only systematic risk is relevant in mutual fund selection since idiosyncratic risk can be reduced through fund diversification. This study attempts to expand the insights of the risk-return relationship by providing additional evidence on the direct and indirect effects of investment risk on equity mutual fund returns. Employing partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), we also explore if idiosyncratic risk moderates the relationship between market risk and mutual fund returns. A sample of 150 Malaysian domestic equity mutual funds comprising of large, mid & small-cap equity funds were selected from the Morningstar website. The results indicate that market risk does not influence mutual funds returns but idiosyncratic risk has a significant and positive effect. Idiosyncratic risk is proxied by fund characteristics comprising of size, age, expenses and fund manager ability. This study shows that fund size, age or expenses are not significant and only the fund alpha which measures fund manager ability is relevant in predicting fund returns. The study also finds that the fund alpha moderates the influence of market risk on returns by changing the nature of the relationship from positive to negative.

Fund Age, BI Rate, Exchange Rate, Dan Jakarta Islamic Index Pada Net Asset Value Di Islamic Equity Mutual Fund Indonesia

<div><p class="1eAbstract-text">Net Asset Value (NAV) of islamic equity mutual fund is a benchmark to determine the development of islamic equity mutual fund. There are many factors that is influence NAV of Islamic equity mutual fund such as macroeconomic factors as well as internal variables of the mutual fund. The purpose of this study are to find out the effect of fund age, BI rate, exchange rate, and Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) on NAV of Islamic equity of mutual fund. The method analysis used Panel Data Regression Analysis. The results showed that simultaneously fund age, BI rate, exchange rate, and JII have a effect to NAV of islamic equity mutual fund. Partially, fund age, BI rate, and JII have positif effect to NAV of islamic equity mutual fund and exchange rate has insignificant statistical effect to NAV of islamic equity mutual fund.</p></div>

PERBANDINGAN KINERJA REKSADANA SYARIAH DAN REKSADANA NON-SYARIAH DI INDONESIA BERDASARKAN RETURN, RESIKO, DAN KOEFISIEN VARIASI

This research aims to find out the performance comparison between sharia mutual funds and non-sharia mutual funds in Indonesia during 2013-2015 by using return, risk, and coefficient of variation in the three types of mutual funds; equity mutual fund, mixed mutual fund, and fixed income mutual fund. The approach used is quantitative approach by using independent samples t-test or mann whitney in the test analysis with 5% significant level. The result of this study indicate that there is no significant difference between return, risk, and coefficient of variation of sharia mutual funds and non-sharia mutual funds in Indonesia in three types of mutual funds.

Factors affecting equity mutual fund performance: evidence from Indonesia

The evaluation of equity mutual fund performance and identification factors that affect mutual fund performance is of great interest to an investor in Indonesia. This study investigates the performance of equity mutual fund by using risk-adjusted performance proposed by Treynor (1965) and examines factors affecting mutual fund performance by using the ability of investment manager (market timing and stock selection skill), fund size, and inflation. To achieve the objectives of this study, a total of 19 equity mutual funds was selected using purposive sampling method from the period from 2011 to 2015. A panel data analysis method has been used to analyze the effect of those factors on the equity mutual fund performance. The result showed that equity mutual fund performance tends to fluctuate in Indonesia. Equity mutual fund performance influenced by stock selection skill and inflation, meanwhile, market timing skill and fund size have no significant effect on the equity mutual fund performance.

Towards a Goal Programming Methodology for Constructing Equity Mutual Fund Portfolios

The evaluation of the performance of mutual fund [MF] portfolios has been a very interesting research topic not only for researchers, but also for managers of financial, banking and investment institutions. In this paper, a multicriteria decision aid framework is proposed for the construction of MF portfolios. The proposed methodology is based on a Goal Programming approach to determine the proportion of each MF in the constructed portfolios. This methodology is applied on a sample of Indian MFs over the period 2007-2006 with encouraging results.