Changes in Mutual Fund Flows and Managerial Incentives
80 Pages Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last revised: 22 Dec 2019
Date Written: December 18, 2019
Abstract
Fund flows become less sensitive to high performance after 2000, thereby decreasing convexity of the flow-performance relationship. I present novel evidence on the effects of aggregate performance on convexity of the flow-performance relationship. Flows to high-performing funds decrease when the average performance is high and when the performance dispersion is low. A decrease in convexity of the relationship is associated with a decrease in managers' risk shifting. Low-performers undertake more risk toward the end of the year before 2000, but not after 2000. Further, low-performers' risk shifting lessens when the average performance is high and the performance dispersion is low.
Keywords: mutual fund, flow-performance relationship, risk shifting, average performance, performance dispersion
JEL Classification: C14, G10, G20, G23
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