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Explaining mutual fund behavior through the structure-conduct-performance lens
International Journal of Finance and Economics ( IF 1.634 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 , DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.2568
Les Coleman 1
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This paper examines mutual funds. These are economically important as the largest institutional investors, and form an important principal-agent relationship as custodians of retirement savings. Despite a huge literature, there is no agreed explanation of mutual fund behavior. This analysis links mutual fund research across disciplines under the structure-conduct-performance paradigm (SCP), which is widely used in strategy research to explain firm actions and results. SCP explains mutual fund actions after placing the fund manager at the center of fund operations, where their conduct is driven by structure of markets and the funds management industry. Structural influences on fund managers include unpredictability of markets, the oligopolistic nature of the mutual fund industry, and disengagement of clients. As a result, funds derive income as commission on assets under management, which is sub-optimal for clients. In addition, fund managers' conduct is driven by their homogeneity and socialization with competitors and investee firms. While the most obvious role of fund managers is construction of investment portfolios, outperformance is not their sole, or perhaps even principal, objective. The SCP lens offers insights into mutual funds of value to fund managers, investors, regulators and executives of investee firms. This paper impounds evidence from real-world data in theory to offer an actor-centric perspective of investment which is an archetypal practitioner driven discipline.

中文翻译:

通过结构-行为-绩效的视角解释共同基金的行为

本文研究共同基金。这些作为最大的机构投资者在经济上很重要,并且作为退休储蓄的托管人形成了重要的委托代理关系。尽管有大量文献,但对共同基金的行为还没有达成一致的解释。该分析将结构-行为-绩效范式(SCP)下的跨学科共同基金研究联系起来,该范式广泛应用于战略研究中以解释公司的行为和结果。SCP 将基金经理置于基金运营的中心,解释了共同基金的行为,基金经理的行为受到市场结构和基金管理行业的驱动。对基金经理的结构性影响包括市场的不可预测性、共同基金行业的寡头垄断性质以及客户的脱离。因此,基金通过管理资产的佣金来获取收入,这对客户来说并不是最理想的。此外,基金经理的行为受到其与竞争对手和被投资公司的同质性和社交化的影响。虽然基金经理最明显的作用是构建投资组合,但卓越表现并不是他们的唯一目标,甚至可能不是主要目标。SCP 视角为基金经理、投资者、监管机构和被投资公司的高管提供了对有价值的共同基金的见解。本文从理论上收集了现实世界数据的证据,提供了以参与者为中心的投资视角,这是一种典型的从业者驱动的学科。基金经理的行为是由他们与竞争对手和被投资公司的同质性和社会化所驱动的。虽然基金经理最明显的作用是构建投资组合,但卓越表现并不是他们的唯一目标,甚至可能不是主要目标。SCP 视角为基金经理、投资者、监管机构和被投资公司的高管提供了对有价值的共同基金的见解。本文从理论上收集了现实世界数据的证据,提供了以参与者为中心的投资视角,这是一种典型的从业者驱动的学科。基金经理的行为是由他们与竞争对手和被投资公司的同质性和社会化所驱动的。虽然基金经理最明显的作用是构建投资组合,但卓越表现并不是他们的唯一目标,甚至可能不是主要目标。SCP 视角为基金经理、投资者、监管机构和被投资公司的高管提供了对有价值的共同基金的见解。本文从理论上收集了现实世界数据的证据,提供了以参与者为中心的投资视角,这是一种典型的从业者驱动的学科。监管者和被投资公司的高管。本文从理论上收集了现实世界数据的证据,提供了以参与者为中心的投资视角,这是一种典型的从业者驱动的学科。监管者和被投资公司的高管。本文从理论上收集了现实世界数据的证据,提供了以参与者为中心的投资视角,这是一种典型的从业者驱动的学科。
更新日期:2021-03-15
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