We document a gender-based attention effect in the sensitivity of mutual fund flows to fund performance using individual-level fund data from a fintech platform in China. Investors increase (decrease) flows to funds following positive and strong (negative and weak) prior- month performance....

The majority of active Asian equity strategies claim to derive their value addition by focussing their skill on security selection. We investigate if empirically this is the most appropriate area for an active Asian manager to focus on, in comparison to focussing on asset allocation as the...

We exploit the staggered introduction of the PCAOB’s international inspection program to examine the role that the stringency of public audit oversight plays in shaping US institutional investors’ home bias. Analyzing a sample of foreign firms listed in the United States, we evaluate whether...

Sample covariance matrices tend to underestimate the risk of optimized portfolios. In this article, we identify special portfolios, termed “eigenportfolios,” that capture these systematic biases. Further, we present a methodology for estimating eigenportfolio biases and for adjusting the...

We study whether analysts' recommendations and the market's reactions to recommendation changes are influenced by the structure of analysts' research portfolios. We find that analysts maintain more positive recommendations for stocks that belong to the “core industry” in their research...