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Is a team different from the sum of its parts? : evidence from mutual fund managers

Bär, Michaela; Kempf, Alexander; Ruenzi, Stefan - 2005

family characteristics as well as manager characteristics. Additionally, teams exhibit a lower active share and lower risk …

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Family matters : ranking within fund families and fund inflows

Kempf, Alexander; Ruenzi, Stefan - 2004

This paper examines the influence of the position of a fund within its family on its subsequent net-inflows. Our … empirical study of the US equity mutual fund market shows that reaching a top position within the family leads to large inflows … moves into the top positions within its family from one year to another. These results lead to competition within the fund …

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Status quo bias and the number of alternatives : an empirical illustration from the mutual fund industry

Kempf, Alexander; Ruenzi, Stefan - 2005

We examine the extent of the Status Quo Bias (SQB) in a real-world repeated decision situation. Individuals who are subject to a SQB tend to choose an alternative that was chosen previously (i.e. their status quo), even if it is not the optimal choice any more. We examine the US equity mutual...

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Overconfidence among professional investors : evidence from mutual fund managers

Pütz, Alexander (contributor); Ruenzi, Stefan (contributor) - 2008

We examine overconfidence among equity mutual fund managers. While overconfidence has been extensively documented among retail investors, evidence from professional investors is scarce. Consistent with theories of overconfidence, we find that fund managers trade more after good past performance....

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Overconfidence among professional investors : evidence from mutual fund managers

Pütz, Alexander (contributor); Ruenzi, Stefan (contributor) - 2010 - First Version: August 2007, This Version: November 2010

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Mutual fund shareholder letters : flows, performance, and managerial behavior

Hillert, Alexander; Niessen-Ruenzi, Alexandra; Ruenzi, … - 2023

Fund companies regularly send shareholder letters to their investors. We use textual analysis to investigate whether these letters' writing style influences fund flows and whether it predicts performance and investment styles. Fund investors react to the tone and content of shareholder letters:...

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Tail risk in hedge funds : a unique view from portfolio holdings

Agarwal, Vikas; Ruenzi, Stefan; Weigert, Florian - 2015 - This Version: May 10, 2015

We develop a new tail risk measure for hedge funds to examine the impact of tail risk on fund performance and to identify the sources of tail risk. We find that tail risk affects the cross-sectional variation in fund returns, and investments in both, tailsensitive stocks as well as options,...

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Essays on return information and financial markets

Brunner, Fabian - 2020

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Tail risk in hedge funds : a unique view from portfolio holdings

Agarwal, Vikas; Ruenzi, Stefan; Weigert, Florian - 2015 - This version: May 10, 2015

We develop a new systematic tail risk measure for equity-oriented hedge funds to examine the impact of tail risk on fund performance and to identify the sources of tail risk. We find that tail risk affects the cross-sectional variation in fund returns, and investments in both, tail-sensitive...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011344453

Rapid Trading bei deutschen Aktienfonds : Evidenz aus einer großen deutschen Fondsgesellschaft

Fang, Jieyan; Ruenzi, Stefan - 2009

danach. -- Investmentfonds ; Rapid Trading ; Fondsskandal …

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