...XiaoXiao Han; Skander Lazrak; Samir Trabelsi Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the organizational form of an investment management firm affects the performance of the mutual funds under its operation. More explicitly, this study aims to test whether funds managed...

...Venessa S. Tchamyou; Simplice A. Asongu; Jacinta C. Nwachukwu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of information asymmetry (between the realized return and the expected return) on market timing in the mutual fund industry. Design/methodology/approach For the purpose...

...Laura Fabregat-Aibar; Antonio Terceño; M. Glòria Barberà-Mariné Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out a literature review to determine which variables have the greatest impact on the survival capacity of mutual funds, and if these variables also have an influence on the various ways...

... to the investment strategy of a mutual fund. As regards the empirical evidence on market timing skill, neither of the studies by Treynor and Mazuy (1966) or Henriksson and Merton (1981) presented evidence for the market timing skill of mutual fund managers, and the evidence since their studies has been...