Which Institutional Investor Types Are the Most Informed?

42 Pages Posted: 21 Sep 2016 Last revised: 1 Apr 2018

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Zhe Chen

University of New South Wales (UNSW); Acadian Asset Management; Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR)

David Forsberg

Rozetta Institute

David R. Gallagher

Bond University

Date Written: March 28, 2018

Abstract

We examine the informativeness of quarterly disclosed portfolio holdings across four institutional investor types: hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and private banking firms. Overweight positions outperform underweight positions only for hedge funds. By decomposing holdings and stock returns, we find that hedge funds are superior to other institutional investors both at picking industries and stocks, and that they are better at forecasting long-term as well as short-term returns. Furthermore, our results show that hedge funds, mutual funds and pension funds are able to successfully time the market. The outperformance of hedge funds is not explained by a liquidity premium.

Keywords: Institutional Investor Types, Hedge Funds, Portfolio Holdings, Stock Selection

JEL Classification: G23

Suggested Citation

Chen, Zhe and Chen, Zhe and Forsberg, David and Gallagher, David R., Which Institutional Investor Types Are the Most Informed? (March 28, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2840549 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2840549

Zhe Chen

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Kensington
High St
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

Acadian Asset Management ( email )

260 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
United States

Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) ( email )

Level 7, UNSW CBD Campus
1 O'Connell Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia

David Forsberg

Rozetta Institute ( email )

Sydney

David R. Gallagher (Contact Author)

Bond University ( email )

Centre for Data Analytics, Bond Business School
Gold Coast, QLD 4229
Australia

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