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During the last decade, investments into the Swedish mutual fund market have increased substantially. The increased popularity of actively managed Swedish equity funds among households and investment companies, correspondingly, funds need to deliver substantial results, raised the importance to evaluate these funds’ performance. This thesis adds to the scarce empirical literature on Swedish equity mutual fund performance. Employing the Fama-French three factor model, it analyzes whether actively managed Swedish equity mu- tual funds outperform the Fama-French benchmarks net- and gross of management fees. The study uses time-series data and constructs equally-weighted portfolios of the 42 Swe- dish based actively managed equity mutual funds investing in Sweden for the period 2003- 2013. The portfolios’ excess returns are calculated by estimating the Fama-French three factor model by means of ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis. The empirical results show that actively managed equity mutual funds over performed the Fama-French three factor benchmarks by an average annualized net- and gross excess return of 3.60 and 4.67 percent respectively. Sorting out the funds by the performance into deciles, the find- ings indicate that management fees influence the performance of the equity mutual funds in the sample of our study. The conclusion is made such that there is an indication that Swedish equity funds’ managers are able to add value above passive investing.

We calculate the alpha of a survivorship bias-free sample of Swedish-registered actively managed emerging market equity mutual funds (with at least 10 years of return data), using long-short and long-only versions of several asset pricing models: the CAPM, the Fama-French three-factor model, the Carhart four-factor model, the Fama-French five-factor model and a six-factor model that adds the momentum factor to a modified Fama-French five-factor model. We find that our sample of mutual funds has statistically significant negative alpha (on a 5% level) using the CAPM, the Fama-French three-factor model and the long-only Fama-French three-factor model and non-statistically significant negative alpha for all other asset pricing models. It is reasonable to assume that our sample overestimates the performance of the universe of Swedish-registered actively managed emerging market equity mutual funds, so it is reasonable to assume that the universe of Swedish-registered actively managed emerging market equity mutual funds likely has negative alpha. We also find that our sample of mutual funds has statistically significant factor loadings on the market factor (positive load), the SMB factor (negative load) and the CMA factor (negative load). Our asset pricing models explain 97% to 98% of the mutual fund returns. The distributions of alphas and SMB factor loadings are fairly normally distributed, but the other factor loadings are not normally distributed.

Over the past years, the total assets under management among hedge funds and equity mutual fundshave increased significantly. The question from an investor point of view iswhich investment vehicle can provide the greatest return adjusted for risk. The purpose of this study involves an analysis on the historical net asset values todetermine and evaluate what one can except from actively managed hedge andequity mutual funds. It supports the determination of the most profitable asset, adjusted for risk, as part of a diversified portfolio. The performance is measured net of fees and costs with the inclusion of potential performance fees individual hedge funds may apply. Hedge funds practice different investment approaches depending on what strategy is applied and hence, return levels can vary dramatically. The study is designed to answer questions by comparing net returns and risk-adjusted returns for respective investments and the different hedge fund strategies. With a deductive research approach, the analysis is conducted by applying existing models and theories as the Fama-French three-factor model through time-series regressions measuring excess returns (alpha), risk-adjusted performance measures as Sharpe ratio, M-squared and the Sortino ratio. The results show that hedge funds outperform equity mutual funds in all examined aspects and produce positive monthly net alphas,on average. Equity mutual funds are unable to provide investors with positive excess returns and subsequently fail the purpose of an actively managed fund by providing returns lower than the return of the market. The results are increasingly strengthened with both time-series regressions and performance measures showing homogenous results and reaching the equal conclusions. From the conclusions that hedge funds provide the most profitable investment compared to equity mutual funds, the hedge fund strategy CTA/managed futures strategies perform best in both net and risk-adjusted terms.

Submitted by Osmar Camilo (oc.camilo@gmail.com) on 2013-02-26T21:39:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Osmar_Cesar Camilo_n311531_vFinal.pdf: 490286 bytes, checksum: ffbe41b1673d62eba3647fd98f9d5797 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Eliene Soares da Silva (eliene.silva@fgv.br) on 2013-02-26T21:45:43Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Osmar_Cesar Camilo_n311531_vFinal.pdf: 490286 bytes, checksum: ffbe41b1673d62eba3647fd98f9d5797 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-02-26T21:47:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Osmar_Cesar Camilo_n311531_vFinal.pdf: 490286 bytes, checksum: ffbe41b1673d62eba3647fd98f9d5797 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-29 / A indústria brasileira de fundos de investimento cresceu significativamente nos últimos anos. A revitalização do mercado de ações no final dos anos 1990 e início dos 2000 incentivou a procura e a abertura de muitos fundos de investimento em ações. Usualmente, os investidores procuram identificar os gestores mais habilidosos por meio de seu desempenho passado. A literatura internacional sobre o tema é vasta em estudos sobre persistência de desempenho passado e habilidade do gestor. No entanto, parte dos esforços dos pesquisadores da área tem se direcionado para investigação da relação entre fluxo de recursos e desempenho passado e o que tal relação tem a dizer sobre o comportamento do investidor. Conceitos de Finanças Comportamentais como viés de representatividade e aversão a perdas são normalmente associados ao comportamento de investidores individuais de ações. Mas o que se pode dizer sobre os investidores de fundos de ações? Eles apresentam vieses similares aos dos investidores individuais? Com base numa amostra mensal de 447 fundos de investimento em ações entre janeiro de 1996 e agosto de 2012, esse trabalho procurou identificar vieses comportamentais apresentados pelos investidores. Foram encontradas evidências da presença do viés de representatividade para o mercado brasileiro, por meio da estimação da relação fluxo-desempenho passado, o que representa a principal contribuição desse trabalho à literatura. / Brazilian mutual funds industry has grown significantly in recent years. The revival of the stock market in the late 1990s and early 2000s boosted demand and the opening of many equity mutual funds. The international literature on the subject is vast in studies on the persistence of past performance and skill of the manager. However, part of the efforts of researchers has been directed to investigate the relationship between money flows and past performance and what this relationship has to say about investor behavior. Behavioral Finance concepts as representativeness bias and loss aversion are usually associated with the behavior of individual equity investors. But what can be said about equity mutual fund investors? Do they present the same biases individual investors do? Based on a monthly sample of 447 equity mutual funds between January 1996 and August 2012, this study sought to identify behavioral biases presented by investors. Through the estimation of the flow-performance relationship, evidence of the presence of representativeness bias was found, which corresponds to the main contribution of this working paper to the literature.

In the midst of climate change and growing concern about social aspects, investors want to make informed sustainable choices regarding their consumption and investments. Many companies are trying to stay ahead of the curve by engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility. Mutual funds have noticed this trend and subsequently have started to offer ethical mutual funds as a result. These ethical claims are difficult to scrutinize for investors creating a problem of asymmetric information. This study analyses how ethical claims and how eco-labels, in this case, the Nordic Swan Ecolabel relate to demand for equity mutual funds. In a world where more investors are seeking ethical investments, how is ethical commitment communicated in a trustworthy way? Data on daily Net Asset Value (NAV) and monthly Total Net Assets (TNA) between 2016-01-01 and 2019-12-31, for 217 equity mutual funds sold on the Swedish market were collected from Thomson & Reuters database Eikon. These mutual funds were categorized into three groups, conventional, non-labelled ethical, and eco-labelled mutual funds. The data was structured as panel data and both random effect and fixed effect models were used to estimate the factor loadings. The study shows that Nordic Swan Ecolabelled mutual funds tend to experience higher demand than both non-labelled ethical mutual funds and conventional mutual funds. In other words, the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled group distinguishes itself from the other mutual fund groups. Hence, the results of the study suggest that the Nordic Swan Ecolabel sends a signal that relates positively to the demand for mutual funds. Further, the results implicate that mutual fund companies that aim to introduce mutual funds that are truly ethical or sustainable should consider acquiring the Nordic Swan Ecolabel to signal their sustainability commitment since the results suggest that Nordic Swan Ecolabelled mutual funds have a positive relation to demand, both compared to conventional mutual funds and non-labelled ethical mutual funds. / I en tid präglad av klimatförändring och ökande medvetenhet om sociala aspekter vill investerare ta informerade beslut angående sin konsumtion och angående sina investeringar. Många företag försöker ligga i framkant för en hållbar utveckling genom att ägna sig åt Corporate Social Responsibility. Fondföretag har märkt av denna trend och har därför börjat erbjuda etiska fonder till sina kunder. Huruvida dessa fonder faktiskt är etiska kan vara svårt för investerare att undersöka vilket skapar asymmetrisk information mellan fondföretag och investerare. Denna studie analyserar hur aktiefonders påståenden om att investera etiskt relaterar till efterfrågan på dessa aktiefonder och hur eko-märkningar, i detta fall Svanen-märkningen relaterar till aktiefonders efterfrågan. Hur ska fonders etiska åtaganden kommuniceras på ett trovärdigt sätt i en värld där mer och mer investerare söker sig till etiska investeringar? Dagligt nettoandelsvärde (NAV-kurs) och månatlig fondförmögenhet (TNA) för 217 aktiefonder sålda på den svenska marknaden under tidsperioden 2016-01-01 och 2019-12-31 samlades in från Thomson & Reuters databas Eikon. Dessa fonder delades in i tre grupper, dessa var konventionella, icke-märkta etiska fonder samt eko-märkta fonder. Datan strukturerades som paneldata och både random effects och fixed effects modeller användes för att estimera faktorerna i regressionen. Studien visar att Svanenmärkta fonder tenderar att ha högre efterfrågan än både icke-märkta etiska fonder och konventionella fonder. Med andra ord så utmärker sig de Svanen-märkta fonderna jämfört med de andra grupperna. Resultatet av studien tyder därför på att Svanen-märkningen sänder en signal som relaterar till efterfrågan för en fond. Resultatet av studien implicerar även att fondföretag som ämnar att introducera fonder som faktiskt uppfyller de etiska och hållbara krav de påstår sig göra, bör överväga att förvärva Svanen-märkningen för att signalera sina etiska och hållbara åtaganden, då resultatet föreslår att Svanenmärkta fonder har en positiv relation till efterfrågan, både jämfört med konventionella fonder och icke-märkta etiska fonder.

在效率市場支配財務理論數十年後，市場上發現許多違反傳統訂價理論與理性假設的現象，以心理學為基礎的行為財務學因而掘起，將投資人之主觀行為及心理因素納入決策分析之考量。本研究便是以台灣股票型共同基金為研究對象，探討行為財務學中的錯置效果，了解是否台灣之股票型共同基金存在“急售利得，惜售損失”的現象。 / 本研究首先以Odean模型之概念，計算基金投資之已實現利得比率與已實現損失比率，再用兩者之差形成錯置效果之代理變數：Disposition Spread (DISP)，當DISP為正時，表示樣本基金存在錯置效果傾向，偏好實現利得。接著計算基金之Jensen’s Alpha，用以代表基金績效，利用迴歸模型觀察基金績效與錯置效果間之關聯性。最後再進一步透過DISP分成五級，觀察錯置效果是否存在持續性。 / 研究結果發現，台灣的股票型共同基金不存在錯置效果之傾向，不論是整體基金而言，或是分類觀察之，皆不存在錯置效果之傾向。但是總樣本觀察值中，有33%的比例出現正的DISP值，因此無法斷言共同基金完全不受錯置效果之影響。而錯置效果與基金績效間，則是存在顯著的負相關，即錯置效果越明顯者，其績效表現越差。普遍而言，台灣股票型共同基金錯置效果不存在顯著的持續性，每一期的基金DISP在各分級變動機率均約在20%上下。 / For several decades, financial literature was dominated by the idea of efficient market. However, we can find many phenomena which violate traditional pricing model or the hypothesis of rational investors. That’s why behavioral finance arises. Behavioral finance takes investors’ subjective and mental factors into account while talking about their decision making process. Based on behavioral finance, this study examines the disposition effect of Taiwan equity mutual funds. We want to know if Taiwan equity mutual funds appear to realize gains more readily than losses. / This study follows Odean model analyzing disposition effect by first calculating proportion of gains realized (PGR) and proportion of losses realized (PLR) of equity mutual funds. Then form the disposition effect proxy, Disposition Spread (DISP), by measuring the difference between PGR and PLR. While positive DISP existed means that sample funds exhibit a propensity to sell their winning stocks and hold on to their losers. Furthermore, we want to know whether the disposition effect influences the performance of mutual funds. Finally, separating samples in to five groups by DISP, we want to figure out if funds exists consistency in disposition ranking. / On average, mutual funds appear to realize losses more readily than gains. However, about 33% of the sample observations exhibit disposition effect. The disposition effect is negatively related to fund performance. Generally speaking, Taiwan equity mutual funds do not have consistency in disposition ranking.

This article analyzes and compares an overview of the structure and evolution of the international and domestic mutual fund industry for the 2005–2014 period. The aim of this analysis is to identify opportunities for growth and development of the domestic mutual fund industry, in particular, passive management used by index equity funds. / Este artículo analiza y compara, de manera general, la estructura y evolución anual de la industria de fondos mutuos internacional y doméstica durante el período 2005-2014. El objetivo de este análisis es identificar las oportunidades de crecimiento y desarrollo del segmento de renta variable de la industria de fondos mutuos doméstica tomando como referencia el estilo de administración pasiva de las inversiones utilizado por los fondos mutuos indexados de renta variable. / Este artigo analisa e compara, em geral, a estrutura e a evolução da indústria internacional e nacional de fundos mútuos anuais ao longo do período 2005-2014. O objetivo desta análise é identificar oportunidades de crescimento e desenvolvimento dos fundos mútuos de ações na indústria nacional em função dos fundos de índice com gestão passiva de investimentos.