Strategic Asset Allocation in Money Management

46 Pages Posted: 20 Jul 2011

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Suleyman Basak

London Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Dmitry Makarov

HSE University, International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF)

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Date Written: June 2011

Abstract

Money managers behave strategically when competing for fund flows within relatively small groups. We study strategic interaction between two risk-averse managers in continuous time, characterizing analytically their unique equilibrium dynamic investments. Driven by chasing and contrarian mechanisms when one is well ahead, they gamble in the opposite direction when their performances are close. We also discuss multiple and mixed-strategy equilibria. Equilibrium policy of each crucially depends on the opponent's risk attitude. Hence, client investors, concerned about how a strategic manager may trade on their behalf, should also learn competitors' characteristics - as against non-strategic settings, where knowing a manager's own characteristics suffices to determine behavior.

Keywords: fund flows, incentives, Money Managers, portfolio choice, relative performance, risk shifting, strategic interactions, tournaments

JEL Classification: C61, C73, D81, G11, G20

Suggested Citation

Basak, Suleyman and Makarov, Dmitry, Strategic Asset Allocation in Money Management (June 2011). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8457, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1889960

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Dmitry Makarov

HSE University, International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) ( email )

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Moscow
Russia

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