We study the decisions and performance of managers who are also chair of the board (duality managers). We hypothesize … that duality managers take more risky decisions and deliver worse performance than non-duality managers due to reduced … hypotheses: Duality managers take risk that they could easily avoid, deviate from their benchmarks, make extreme decisions, and …

-standarddeviation increase in ownership predicts a 1.6 percent increase in alpha in the following year. Fund managers who are required to … activity in line with the view that higher ownership aligns interests of managers with those of shareholders and induces higher …

female portfolio manager and funds that have all female portfolio managers. Funds with all female managers perform no … idea that female managers need to perform better for their funds to survive. Yet, female-managed surviving funds have fewer … female and male managers, but that only the best performing female managers manage to survive …

We study the decisions and performance of managers who are also chair of the board (duality managers). We hypothesize … that duality managers take more risky decisions and deliver worse performance than non-duality managers due to reduced … hypotheses: Duality managers take risk that they could easily avoid, deviate from their benchmarks, make extreme decisions, and …

Active fund managers are skilled and, on average, have used their skill to generate about $3.2 million per year. Large … investing more capital in funds managed by better managers. These funds earn higher aggregate fees, and a strong positive …