This paper introduces DivFolio, a multi-period portfolio selection and analytic software application that incorporates automated and user-determined divestment practices accommodating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and portfolio carbon footprint considerations. This freely available...

We investigate the returns to specialized knowledge in asset management, by comparing the performance of medical specialists and generalists in managing health care sector mutual funds. Specialist alpha is nearly 5% higher on an annualized basis, after controlling for fund and manager observable...

Using a unique dataset on the sectoral ownership structure of euro area equity mutual funds, we study how different investor groups contribute to the negative performance externality from large outflows. Investment funds, as holders of mutual funds, are the main contributors to the flow...

We investigate the relationship between the transactional activity of asset management companies (AMCs) in the non-performing loan (NPL) market and their corresponding debt issuances in a niche bond market in Borsa Istanbul. We analyze the determinants of the trading volume of AMC bonds to...

This paper provides a review on machine learning methods applied to the asset management discipline. Firstly, we describe the theoretical background of both machine learning and finance that will be needed to understand the reviewed methods. Next, the main datasets and sources of data are...

We propose a normative strategic asset allocation model for long horizon sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) subject to a sustainable spending constraint and background risks. SWFs should have lower stock market exposure as they mature and should use the SWF to smooth business cycle shocks, rather...

Italian Abstract: L’impiego di sistemi di intelligenza artificiale (IA) nell’intermediazione mobi-liare è oggetto di un intenso dibattito istituzionale volto ad analizzarne opportunità e rischi per investitori e operatori di mercato. Nel presente lavoro, dopo aver delineato le principali...

We find that voluntary ESG disclosure by asset managers enables clients to identify investors with higher ESG integration, thereby reducing the information asymmetry within the responsible investment landscape. Institutional investors disclose on their ESG practices as part of their voluntary...

The paper is fictional account of how big tech might disrupt the wealth management industry. Wealth management’s existing investment framework was originally developed half a century ago for pension funds.This pension fund “operating system” (PF OS) works well for “agents” but not...

This paper provides a targeted review of machine learning methods that are impacting the field of wealth management. This is an area of great breadth and dynamic growth, and we focus on applications that in our experience are delivering benefits in practice to wealth management businesses by...

We now know that research findings favorable to the sponsor of the research should be discounted on the grounds of conflict of interest (e.g., tobacco companies or pharma companies). Incentives distort research findings. Is the same true in the field of finance? I argue that economic incentives...

We propose a model of asset management in which benchmarking arises endogenously, and analyze its unintended welfare consequences. Fund managers’ portfolios are unobservable and they incur private costs in running them. Conditioning managers’ compensation on a benchmark portfolio’s...

The conventional view of regulation is that it exists to constrain corporate activity that harms the public. But amid perceptions of government failure, many now call on corporations to tackle social problems themselves. And in this moment of dissatisfaction with government, powerful asset...

This paper aims to analyze the performance of profitability and asset management of selected Scheduled Commercial Banks in India during the period 2006-2019. This study investigates the impact of credit risk management on the profitability of Indian Public sector commercial banks. Data from 20...

It is impossible to analyze an asset taken in isolation, without taking into account the wider picture of the market. This fact is behind the extensive use of copulas or vector autoregressive models in finance, which allow to model dependencies between assets. In this paper, we look at the...

We study the role of race and ethnicity in the investment decisions of mutual fund managers and investors. Funds managed by white-dominant teams allocate larger portfolio weights to firms led by white CEOs compared to funds managed by minority-dominant teams. Nevertheless, white-dominant fund...

We present models of asset management by the elderly. We focus on saving, spend-down of assets, and gift-giving, and the influence of health on these precesses. We also study the evolution of elderly health and the impact of economic variables on health outcomes. We present results from...

The World Bank Treasury's Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) conducted its third survey on reserve management practices in 2021. One hundred and nineteen central banks, from different regions, income groups, and reserve levels, contributed to the survey, which included questions...

We study incentive contracts in asset management business under dynamic actions and relationships between an investor, a partner of an investment company, and a fund manager of the company. The investor cannot perfectly observe the partner and manager’s actions, and similarly, the partner...

Questions about Government regulation and agency issues are inherent in political economy as both relate to the operation of markets. Government is involved in setting the rules of the game, so to speak, and agency questions necessarily arise in those organisations where ownership is separated...

In this article we describe the current state of the asset management industry, what defines a modern asset manager and what prerequisites he needs to be successful. After all, the asset management industry has been facing fundamental challenges for years, which we will explain in detail. In...

Research has shown that the way asset owners deal with their asset managers often leads to adverse outcomes for themselves and their asset managers. This paper introduces an innovative framework which plays a key role in achieving a stronger alignment between an asset owner and their asset...

Incentives distort research findings. We now know that research findings favorable to the sponsor of the research should be discounted on the grounds of conflict of interest (e.g., tobacco companies or pharma companies). Is the same true in the field of finance? I argue that economic incentives...

We investigate asset manager characteristics that influence ESG voting patterns using a decade of voting data with more than 20 million observations. Asset managers predominantly vote against social and environmental proposals. Especially, large and passive asset managers vote the least in favor...

This research examines social housing asset management (AM) in Australia and develops a best practice framework that outlines AM processes and criteria for making decisions; is suitable to the unique aspects of social housing; is flexible enough to be used by different types of social housing...

Nigeria experienced the Global Financial Crisis as a dramatic decline in the price of crude oil and a burst stock market bubble. These losses were compounded by a high level of margin lending, resulting in large numbers of nonperforming loans (NPLs) for Nigerian banks. The government established...

Chapter 1 : The Birth of Modern Finance -- Chapter 2 : The Birth of Capital Market Theory -- Chapter 3 : Rise of Institutional Quantitative Management -- Chapter 4 : Finance Theory in Crisis -- Chapter 5: The Crisis at the Workbench or Markowitz’s revenge -- Chapter 6: The Michaud Efficient...

1. Introduction -- 2. The impact of index design on asset management.-3. Pros and cons of Active management -- 4. Searching for market drivers: Factor investing -- 5. Hybrids increasingly blurring active/passive line -- 6. The need for a change: Sustainable finance -- 7. The next challenge: ESG...

"In the business world, confidence is the personality trait correlated with the short-term success that often drives decisions. Confident managers become CEOs. Confident investors become portfolio managers and successfully gather assets. Yet confidence is illusory; it feels good but doesn't do...

Band 1: Verwaltung eines Nachlasses durch eine Erbengemeinschaft -- Nachlasstreuhandschaft und Nachlassvollmacht -- Verwaltung von Nachlassvermögen durch Family Offices -- Erbschaftsbesitz -- Verwaltung von Vorerbschaftsmasse -- Testamentsvollstreckung -- Stiftung von Todes wegen und...

Band 1: Verwaltung eines Nachlasses durch eine Erbengemeinschaft -- Nachlasstreuhandschaft und Nachlassvollmacht -- Verwaltung von Nachlassvermögen durch Family Offices -- Erbschaftsbesitz -- Verwaltung von Vorerbschaftsmasse -- Testamentsvollstreckung -- Stiftung von Todes wegen und...