When default losses elevate borrowing costs, expanding credit cannot stabilize the economy because default rates feed back to lending rates through bank balance sheets. Asset management companies (AMCs) break this loop by purchasing nonperforming loans at their long-run recovery values, thereby...

In this article, literature on family offices (FOs) is systematically reviewed to examine how academic research in this field has advanced and to assess the relevance of FOs within family businesses. The main function of an FO is to preserve a family's wealth in the long-term, as well as to...

The World Bank Treasury's Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) team conducted its fifth survey on reserve management practices in 2025. This report presents findings from 136 central banks, representing the highest response rate to date. The survey captures evolving reserve...

Background: Defining the optimal fleet portfolio is a crucial process in airline planning. The published efforts in literature provide ways to anticipate the disruption effects on the passenger demand; however, the proposed solution in this paper provides visibility on the impact of sustainable...

I study a dynamic relationship between an investor and a fund manager who in each period receives a fee proportional to the assets under management (AUM) as his compensation. The target is to study the efficiency of the long-run relationship in inducing the fund manager to expend effort....

This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of asset allocation by conducting a systematic literature review and a bibliometric analysis.Employing a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses-based methodology allows for rigorous mapping of the academic...

While static factor-based investing is nowadays a common way of allocating portfolios, the next step, a dynamic progression towards time-varying components and factor cyclicity, is still far less established. This study offers a survey on the state of the art of factor timing in asset management...

In Our Lives in Their Portfolios, Brett Christophers provides an account of the rise of 'asset manager society' - a world in which the infrastructures of public life are converted from public to private ownership. Here I use Christophers' analysis to comment on growing calls for asset manager...

Asset managers have assumed a position of unprecedented power and influence in the control of essential infrastructures of social life, with broadly negative ramifications. But as the commentaries assembled here all insist, it did not - and does not - have to be this way. In this reply, I...

This study investigates the association among management fees, ESG scores, and investment performance of ESG funds in China. It explores the significance of comprehending the cost-benefit analysis and long-term yields associated with sustainable investing. The investigation specifically...

Employing the exogenous scenario of the "New Rules on Asset Management" in April 2018, this paper tries to explore the impact of the contraction of Chinese shadow banking on corporate investment behavior. This paper finds that the regulation leads to a 18.3% decrease in capital expenditure for...

This technical note explores the advantages and disadvantages of establishing state-sponsored centralized asset management companies (AMCs) to address high levels of bank asset distress during financial crises. AMCs may offer potential benefits like mitigating downward price spirals or achieving...

Dieses Arbeitspapier befasst sich mit der Analyse der Erfolgsfaktoren einer krisenresilienten Immobilienanlage und setzt diese in den Kontext der Asset Allocation. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt hierbei in der Analyse der derzeitigen Abschwungsphase der Immobilienmärkte und deren Auswirkungen auf ein...

Throughout history, gold has played a vital role as a financial asset in the global financial system. It has been prevalent as a currency in many civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt. In the modern era, gold continues to play a critical role in the global financial system,...

Grundlagen der immobilienökonomie -- Assetklassen -- Nutzertypologien -- Immobilien, Kapitalmärkte und konjunkturelles Umfeld -- Anforderungen an zukünftiges Handeln (u.a. Digtale Transformation, KI, Energetische Herausforderunen, Bezahlbarkeit).

Introduction -- The Role of Extra Financial Data in Shapring a New Investment Landscape -- Challenging KPIs in Asset Management -- Passive vs. Active Asset Management -- ESG to SDG Aligned Investments -- Active Ownership in Asset Management -- Regulatory Environment in Sustainable Asset...

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...

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 summarize seven fundamental innovations that would be required for participants to have greater confidence in decentralized finance (DeFi) and to obtain wealth appreciation coupled with better risk management.The conceptual ideas we discuss outline an approach to: 1) Strengthened Security...

This survey report represents a collaborative effort between Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) and central banks worldwide to advance the understanding and practice of reserve management. The cooperation of all central banks involved is greatly appreciated, and we anticipate...

Using the regulatory policy on cash dividends implemented in 2013 as the research context, this study develops a difference-in-difference (DID) model using the data of Chinese A-share non-financial listed companies from 2011-2019, and found that cash dividend smoothing reduces the wealth...