Regulators often set value-at-risk (VaR) constraints to limit the portfolio risk of institutional investors. For some investors, notably pension funds, the VaR constraint is enforced over a horizon which is significantly shorter than the investment horizon of the investor. Our paper aims to...

We explore whether style investing by mutual fund investors contributes to return comovement of stocks in the same style, classified by market capitalization and book-to-market ratio. We find that a stock's comovement with other stocks in its style is significantly greater when this stock is...

We explore whether style investing by mutual fund investors contributes to return comovement of stocks in the same style, classified by market capitalization and book-to-market ratio. We find that a stock’s comovement with other stocks in its style is significantly greater when this stock is...