The diverse rating scales used by brokerage firms pose significant challenges for aggregating analyst recommendations in financial research. We develop a momentum-based normalization framework that transforms heterogeneous rating changes into standardized sentiment signals using firm-relative,...

Do financial advisors recommend cryptocurrency investment within a household portfolio? Cryptocurrencies have emerged in popularity as households seek to maximize returns. Financial advisors are expected to provide beneficial advice for a household in managing financial decisions including...

This study examines whether long-term institutional shareholdings affect the informativeness of analyst target price revisions.Using institutional investors' portfolio holdings and a sample of 53,988 target prices from 2000 to 2019, we relate cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) to long-term...

In this paper, I examine the value that investors place on analysts who exhibit lower forecast error volatility. Building on prior empirical research, I develop a theoretical model that formalizes the role of error volatility in investment decision-making. I propose an investment strategy that...

This study provides evidence on the performance and labor market trajectories of sell-side equity analysts with prior experience or education in accounting. Analysts with work experience in accounting issue both more accurate earnings per share (EPS) forecasts and more profitable sell...

Studies show that innovation information disclosed by listed firms affects the decision of non-listed firms and their stakeholders. This paper explores whether innovation information disclosed within a specific list board (i.e., market) also spills over to other list boards. Based on the...

In this article, we evaluate the relationship between quality investing combined with Economic Moat, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and analyst opinions over the period 2014-2020 based on a data set comprising 803 US stocks. Performance is evaluated using several metrics (returns and...

This paper examines the impact of borrower-based macroprudential policy tightening on mortgage lending in Slovakia, focusing in particular on the role of financial advisors in shaping loan characteristics. Using a comprehensive loan-level dataset from Slovak banks, we analyze the effects of key...

We study whether large language models (LLMs) can generate suitable financial advice and which LLM features are associated with higher-quality advice. To this end, we elicit portfolio recommendations from 32 LLMs for 64 investor profiles, which differ in their risk preferences, home country,...

This study explores how IFRS adoption is associated with analysts' forecast accuracy, optimism, and dispersion in Saudi Arabia. Drawing on data from publicly listed firms from 2013 to 2020, we assess changes in forecasting behavior surrounding the IFRS transition, accounting for firm-specific...

This study evaluates the effectiveness of MiFID II's mandatory elicitation of retail investors' sustainability preferences in aligning investment advice with EU climate goals. Using comprehensive real-world data from 18,250 advisory meetings at a German savings bank, we analyze how clients'...

The role of ESG is not confined to investments, but extends to the influence it exerts on capital markets. This study investigates the impact of corporate ESG performance on the information environment. Our results show that as companies demonstrate higher ESG performance, there is a significant...

This study aims to empirically investigate the relationship between the funding status of defined benefit (DB) pension plans and the forecast bias of financial analysts. While prior research has documented the impact of pension underfunding on firm performance, investment efficiency and firm...

Paper's objective - Despite their critical role in the European economy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are less frequently analysed than those involving large corporations. The study's objective is to address this gap by providing a deeper...

Financial advice seeking is associated with many positive benefits for consumers. Yet, most U.S. households are not working with a financial planner and research has pointed to the lack of racial and ethnic diversity among those who do. This study examines racial/ethnic disparities in using a...