Institutional Investors and Long-Term Investment: Evidence from Chile

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Claudio E. Raddatz

University of Chile, School of Economics and Business

Sergio L. Schmukler

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Date Written: June 1, 2014

Abstract

Developing countries are trying to develop long-term financial markets and institutional investors are expected to play a key role. This paper uses unique evidence on the universe of institutional investors from the leading case of Chile to study to what extent mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies hold and bid for long-term instruments, and which factors affect their choices. The paper uses monthly asset-level portfolios to show that, despite the expectations, mutual and pension funds invest mostly in short-term assets relative to insurance companies. The significant difference across maturity structures is not driven by the supply side of debt or tactical behavior. Instead, it seems to be explained by manager incentives (related to short-run monitoring and the liability structure) that, combined with risk factors, tilt portfolios toward short-term instruments, even when long-term investing yields higher returns. Thus, the expansion of large institutional investors does not necessarily imply longer-term markets.

Keywords: Debt Markets, Mutual Funds, Emerging Markets, Deposit Insurance, Non Bank Financial Institutions

Suggested Citation

Raddatz, Claudio E. and Schmukler, Sergio, Institutional Investors and Long-Term Investment: Evidence from Chile (June 1, 2014). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6922, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2456045

Claudio E. Raddatz

University of Chile, School of Economics and Business ( email )

Diagonal Paraguay 257, Of. 1206
Santiago, R. Metropolitana 7520421
Chile

HOME PAGE: http://alum.mit.edu/www/craddatz

Sergio Schmukler

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) ( email )

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United States
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