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A review of behavioural and management effects in mutual fund performance

Cuthbertson, K., Nitzsche, D. & O'Sullivan, N. (2016). A review of behavioural and management effects in mutual fund performance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 44, pp. 162-176. doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2016.01.016

Abstract

This paper surveys and critically evaluates the literature on the role of management effects and fund characteristics in mutual fund performance. First, a brief overview of performance measures is provided. Second, empirical findings on the predictive power of fund characteristics in explaining future returns are discussed. Third, the paper reviews the literature on fund manager behavioural biases and the impact these have on risk taking and returns. Finally, the impact of organizational structure, governance and strategy on both fund risk taking and future performance is examined. While a number of surveys on mutual fund performance are available, these have not focused on the role of manager behavioural biases, manager characteristics and fund management strategic behavior on fund performance and risk taking. This review is an attempt to fill this gap. Empirical results indicate that finding successful funds ex-ante is extremely difficult, if not impossible. In contrast, there is strong evidence that poor performance persists for many of the prior "loser fractile" portfolios of funds. A number of manager behavioural biases are prevalent in the mutual fund industry and they generally detract from returns.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publisher Keywords: Mutual fund performance; Fund characteristics; Manager characteristics; Manager behavior biases
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Departments: Bayes Business School > Finance
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