Forbearance is important and we argue that performance evaluation should be multifaceted, akin to a Bayesian decision-maker who conducts continued due diligence and updates beliefs about returns with process information.
The article aims to explore the relationship between multitasking and performance for mutual fund managers, investigate the potential mechanisms and factors influencing this relationship, and provide insights for fund companies and investors regarding the implications of multitasking on fund performance.
In this article, we examine the research on the pervasiveness of corporate fraud (misconduct or alleged fraud), which is one of the (less emphasized) costs of public ownership.
Here's what the research says about how to get on a board of directors.
There is a “Pink” elephant in the room. The paucity of women in the key investment and decisión-making roles in finance is that “pink” elephant. While women are represented at 33%, 37%, and 63% in the law, medical, and accounting professions, respectively (Morningstar 2016), the percentage of female investment decision-makers in investment pales in comparison at less than 10%. And it gets worse if we look at sub-sectors. Take private equity, it’s 6% (Lietz, 2011), hedge funds at 3% (Soloway, 2011), or investment banking documented in this scorecard, at a global median of 0%.
Do mutual funds create unnecessarily complex disclosures and fee structures to obfuscate weak net performance? Yes.
Out of Sight No More? The Effect of Fee Disclosures on 401(k) Investment Allocations Kronlund, Pool, Sialm and StefanescuJournal of Financial Economics, 2021A version of [...]
At the table but cannot break through the glass ceiling: Board leadership positions elude diverse directors Laura Casares Field, Matthew E. Souther, Adam S. YoreJournal [...]
Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Innovation: International Evidence Dale Griffin , Kai Li , and Ting XuJournal of Financial and Quantitative AnalysisA version of this [...]
Conflict of Interest in Mutual Fund Sales: What Does the Data Tell Us? Jasmin Sethi, Jake Spiegel, and Aron SzapiroJournal of Retirement, Winter 2019A version [...]
Are Early Stage Investors Biased Against Women? Michael Ewens and Richard TownsendJournal of Financial Economics, forthcomingA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read [...]
Financial Advice and Bank Profits Daniel Hoechle, Stefan Ruenzi,Nic Schaub, Markus Schmid Review of Financial Studies, November 2018 Versions of this paper can be found here and [...]
Family Descent as a Signal of Managerial Quality: Evidence from Mutual Funds Oleg Chuprinin and Denis Sosyura Review of Financial Studies, 2018 A version of this paper [...]
The Misguided Beliefs of Financial Advisers Juhani T. Linnainmaa, Brian Melzer and Alessandro Previtero Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 18-9 A version of [...]
Asset Management within Commercial Banking Groups: International Evidence Miguel Ferreira, Pedro Matos and Pedro Pires The Journal of Finance, Fall 2018 A version of this [...]
Here is a link to our podcast on Behind the Markets In this episode of Behind the Markets Jeremy and Wes talk to Kate Waldock, [...]
Recently there has been a fairly active discussion within the financial media on the topic of stock buybacks, or share repurchases. This is probably due [...]
The Dark Side of ETFs? Sounds interesting, and in my humble opinion, an image of Darth Vader on page 1 would be a great addition to [...]
Socially responsible investing (SRI). Environmental, Social, and Governance investing (ESG). Impact investing...and so on... These socially responsible investing concepts can be roughly described as portfolio [...]
Families are a basic and universal institution of human society that provide a network of relationships, safety and support, allowing the transmission of values and [...]
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