Are European Equity Style Indices Efficient?

Are European Equity Style Indices Efficient?
Author: Marian Berneburg
Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Many situations in the history of the stock markets indicate that assets are not always efficiently priced. But why does it matter whether the stock market is efficiently priced? Because well-functioning financial markets are a key factor to high economic growth. (Mishkin and Eakins, 2006, pp. 3-4) In three essays, it is the aim of the author to shed some more light on the topic of market efficiency, which is far from being resolved. Since European equity markets have increased in importance globally, the author, instead of focusing on US markets, looks at a unified European equity market. By testing for a random walk in equity prices, revisiting Shiller's claim of excess volatility through the means of a vector error correction model, and modifying the Gordon-Growth-Model, the book concludes that a small degree of inefficiency cannot be ruled out. While usually European equity markets are pricing assets correctly, some periods (e.g. the late 1990s and early 2000s) show clear signs of mispricing; the hypothesis of a world with two states (regime one, a normal efficient state, and regime two, a state in which markets are more momentum driven) presents a possible explanation.

A New Family of Equity Style Indices and Mutual Fund Performance

A New Family of Equity Style Indices and Mutual Fund Performance
Author: Niklas Wagner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN:

We propose and test novel multifactor models of daily mutual fund performance. To this aim, we set up equity style indices and derive risk factors, which nest the established Fama and French (1992) and Carhart (1997) factors. We add two additional risk factors, namely idiosyncratic risk and Amihud (2002) liquidity. Our sample contains 528 actively managed mutual funds with European stock market focus during 2002 to 2009. Model estimation reveals that - while market excess return and size appear significant for the cross-section of all funds - the remainder factors explain the performance of subsets of funds. About one third of the funds exhibit significant factor sensitivities not only with respect to valuation or momentum, but also with respect to liquidity or idiosyncratic risk. No single risk factor is dominated and hence our six factor model may serve as a valid performance benchmark. In a four factor model setting, the Carhart model and a model with valuation replaced by liquidity perform best. Our results remain stable under various robustness checks. We further document that managers on average prefer liquid stocks, show no aggregate idiosyncratic risk preference and deliver results that are consistent with equilibrium models of fund performance.

The Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9780111179208

Enabling power: European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, s. 8 (1), sch. 7, para. 21 (b). Issued: 29.01.2019. Sifted: -. Made: -. Laid: -. Coming into force: In accord. with reg. 1. Effect: None. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. For approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. EC note: These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Chapter 1 of Part 2 amends Reg. (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending DIR 2008/48/EC & 2014/17/EU & REG (EU) no. 596/2014. Chapter 2 of Part 2 amends five other EU Regs

SEC Docket

SEC Docket
Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1650
Release: 1996
Genre: Securities
ISBN:

Liquidity, Markets and Trading in Action

Liquidity, Markets and Trading in Action
Author: Deniz Ozenbas
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2022
Genre: Business enterprises
ISBN: 3030748170

This open access book addresses four standard business school subjects: microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance and information systems as they relate to trading, liquidity, and market structure. It provides a detailed examination of the impact of trading costs and other impediments of trading that the authors call rictions It also presents an interactive simulation model of equity market trading, TraderEx, that enables students to implement trading decisions in different market scenarios and structures. Addressing these topics shines a bright light on how a real-world financial market operates, and the simulation provides students with an experiential learning opportunity that is informative and fun. Each of the chapters is designed so that it can be used as a stand-alone module in an existing economics, finance, or information science course. Instructor resources such as discussion questions, Powerpoint slides and TraderEx exercises are available online.

Index Fund Management

Index Fund Management
Author: Fadi Zaher
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2019-08-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030194000

This book brings simplicity to passive investing, smart beta, and factor investing, which is the fastest growing type of investment in the asset management industry. The subject has a strong academic foundation but often taught and presented in a quite complex and unorganized way. In recent years, index and factor investing solutions have been bestsellers. But factor investing success is not a foregone conclusion, and there are plenty of quirks and misprints in the literature. Do investors need a novel approach? The book provides answers to some of these questions in an open and objective fashion. Index fund management is increasingly taught in finance courses at universities. For market practitioners including trustees and investors, this book facilitates an increased understanding of how to invest in index and smart beta strategies, how to implement them, and what to be aware of with concrete and practical real-world examples.

ETFs and Systemic Risks

ETFs and Systemic Risks
Author: Ayan Bhattacharya
Publisher: CFA Institute Research Foundation
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2020-01-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1944960929

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) revolutionized asset markets by using an innovative structure to make investing in a wide variety of asset classes simpler and cheaper. With their growing importance has come increasing concern that these products pose new risks to market stability and performance. This paper examines whether ETFs affect systemic risks in financial markets and, if they do, what the mechanism is by which this impact occurs and what can be done to keep the risks under control. We review current research and empirical evidence on these issues and discuss some emerging risks in ETFs. We ask whether we have the right “rules of the road” to deal with the new drivers of market behavior.