Karoglou, Michail, Liu, Jia and Stafylas, Dimitrios (2023). What Makes Fund Managers Leave Their Jobs Faster? British Journal of Management ,
Abstract
We examine fund managers’ mobility across different funds and the factors associated with their moving to new posts. Based on a comprehensive and unique dataset of open-ended funds of the booming Chinese mutual fund industry, we model the duration of a fund manager's service as a time-to-event counting process and examine how the prevailing market conditions, the manager's performance and the risk profile of the fund determine how long the manager will remain in post. Our study establishes that managerial performance and rising rather than falling markets are the two main factors that make managers less likely to remain in their posts. In contrast, the riskier the profile of the fund with respect to the market, the less likely it is that a manager will move. When all factors are considered, it appears that open-ended fund managers leave their posts when offered better employment prospects rather than when confronted by market adversity. Our study provides a novel insight into the optimization of investment decisions and encourages regulators to scrutinize the disclosure of appropriate information to investors regarding fund manager changes.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12773 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2023 The Authors. British Journal of Management published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Academy of Management. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Publication ISSN: | 1467-8551 |
Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2024 08:46 |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2023 17:04 |
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Published Date: | 2023-11-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2023-11-01 |
Accepted Date: | 2023-10-02 |
Authors: |
Karoglou, Michail
(![]() Liu, Jia Stafylas, Dimitrios |