The Performance of Actively Managed International Mutual Funds

International mutual funds allow individual investors to diversify abroad at a reasonable cost. This paper tests whether international funds that actively engage in country and security selection outperform passive global benchmarks. We apply a mean-variance efficiency test that incorporates the practical prohibition against short sales of open-end mutual funds. Our tests reject the efficiency of the world equity market portfolio over the sample period, and our funds as a group outperform the inefficient world index. However, we find no evidence of security selectivity ability using a 12-country benchmark. We do find that active international funds provide global diversification benefits. Tests using the Positive Period Weight (PPW) measure of Grinblatt and Titman (1989), which is robust to nonlinearity in fund and benchmark returns, yield similar results.     

Consistency of UK Pension Fund Investment Performance

Transition matrix techniques are used to relate the past and present performance of pension fund portfolios. In particular, funds are ranked to study the tendency of portfolios to remain in the same quartile of the ranking as they were in the previous period. For raw returns, funds in both of the top quartiles are found to be more likely to remain in the same quartile than would be expected by chance. This result can be taken as limited evidence for the consistency of performance. Similar systemic effects are observed on a risk-adjusted basis. There appears to be clear evidence that some fund managers can offer a degree of consistent good performance.     

封闭式基金的市场流动性研究

本文在给出一个改进流动性指标的基础上 ,利用该指标对封闭式基金的市场流动性进行了分析。研究发现 :封闭式基金市场流动性不存在周内效应 ,周内也无显著的变动模式 ;封闭式基金流通股本规模对市场流动性有显著影响 ,市场偏好次小盘基金 ;封闭式基金市场流动性总体上对基金折价没有显著影响。     

各种指数基金模型的实证比较分析

在指数基金管理方面，存在着多种优化的指数投资组合的构建方法和绩效评估方法，本文以实证研究的形式，比较分析了由5种“选股”方法和5种“资金配置”方法所构成的25种投资组合在各种绩效评估方法下的表现。最终得出结论认为，在遗传算法下利用DMinMax模型配置资产权重将具有较好的投资绩效。     

基于多元统计分析的封闭式基金业绩评价

本文引入在险价值(VaR)和基金折价率指标,利用因子分析和聚类分析方法对基金业绩进行综合评价。实证分析发现我国封闭式基金收益率优于市场收益率,少数几只基金业绩相对突出,实现低风险高收益的目标。但封闭式基金折价幅度较大,基金内部收益水平与外部评价状况背离,反映了市场投资者的投资非理性现象。     

声誉机制对环境规制效率的影响研究——基于环境保护财政资金的绩效评价视角

在基于环境保护财政资金的绩效评价视角上，采用博弈论的分析框架，先后使用无限期重复博弈模型和KMRW声誉模型来解释环境保护财政资金使用者声誉机制对环境规制效率的影响。     

会计师事务所职业风险基金探析

职业风险基金制度作为注册会计师民事赔偿制度的补充,能加强注册会计师的民事赔偿能力,在对事务所和注册会计师民事诉讼盛行的。本文探讨了该制度的必要性以及与职业责任保险的关系、职业风险基金的提取与管理等方面的问题。     

Director expertise and co-option in industry superannuation funds?

This study examines whether independent directors who possess financial expertise and are independent from the CEO (i.e., non-co-opted) are associated with improved outcomes for industry superannuation funds. Our results highlight that independence alone is insufficient to improve fund outcomes. Instead, we find that only non-co-opted independent directors benefit fund members in terms of higher performance and lower fees. Moreover, we find that independent directors' financial expertise is not associated with fund performance and fees. Our study has implications for regulators and superannuation funds who are currently debating the need for one-third independent directors on the board of Australian superannuation funds.     

养老保险全国统筹、渐进式延迟退休与基金可持续

基于精算模型分析养老金全国统筹与渐进式延迟退休年龄政策对养老保险基金可持续性的影响,结果显示：全国统筹政策在短期使财政负担下降100%,长期内不能有效降低财政负担。在此基础上实施“女先男后”和“男女同步”渐进式延迟退休年龄政策能分别使养老保险累计财政负担降低6.68%和34.36%。为有效减轻养老保险基金支付压力和财政负担,应完善全国统筹政策,并尽快出台渐进式延迟退休年龄方案。     

基金业绩、基金经理更换与投资者财富效应——一项基于我国资本市场的实证研究

从基金管理公司内部的委托—代理关系出发,以封闭式基金为研究对象,从基金经理调整现状、基金业绩与基金经理调整的关系、基金经理调整公告的市场反应三个方面,对基金经理变动进行了实证分析。研究发现:基金业绩确实对基金经理更换及更换后的去向具有一定的参考价值,但基金经理更换并没有使更换经理后的基金业绩显著改善;基金经理公告确实引起了基金市场价格的变动,但没有使基金投资者的财富显著增加。