In this paper, we introduce the MSCI China A-shares index (MCASI) and analyze MCASI’s properties. From the perspective of index investment, we found that MCASI’s investor sentiments, both overnight sentiment and BW sentiment, provide significant predictability for future MCASI returns,...

A well-known regulation on the management of a closed-end mutual fund is that the managers’ account cannot invest in risky assets. This paper studies the impact of this regulation under a given management fee structure such that the cumulative management fee rate is described by a fixed RCLL...