Mutual funds are held by investors in taxable and tax-qualified retirement accounts. We investigate whether the characteristics, investment strategies, and performance of mutual funds held by these diverse tax clienteles differ. Examining both mutual fund distributions and mutual fund holdings,...

Mutual funds are pooled investment vehicles with diverse tax clienteles. Whereas many mutual funds are held primarily by taxable investors, a significant fraction of mutual fund assets are held in tax-qualified retirement accounts. Our paper investigates whether the characteristics, investment...

We show using both simulated and historical data that separating active returns (i.e., alpha) from market exposure (i.e., beta) can have significant tax benefits. An investment strategy that separately invests into a passive index portfolio and an actively-managed long-short portfolio is more...