{"title":"Designing volatility indices for Austria, Finland and Spain","authors":"Giovanni Campisi, S. Muzzioli","doi":"10.1007/s11408-021-00381-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-021-00381-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"369 - 455"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77742332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Star rating, fund flows and performance predictability: evidence from Norway","authors":"Linn K. Aasheim, A. Miguel, S. Ramos","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3460883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3460883","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies the effect of Morningstar ratings on fund flows and fund performance predictability using a proprietary data set of equity funds from Norway. Controlling for a number of variables proxying for fund and firm visibility, we find that fund flows respond asymmetrically to changes in Morningstar ratings. Specifically, 4- and 5-star rated funds get more flows, and funds upgraded to 5-star get significantly more flows not only in the next month, but also over the following 12 months after the rating change. Downgraded funds suffer outflows, but the results only become statistically significant when fund performance falls to a 2-star rating. We also find evidence of long-term performance predictability for top-rated funds. As the mutual fund industry develops worldwide, our results suggest that Morningstar has been successful in bringing its brand name to markets outside the USA, and that Morningstar ratings are a valuable tool for helping investors make strong investment decisions.","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"36 1","pages":"29 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77907363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Matthias Thiemann: The Growth of Shadow Banking: A Comparative Institutional Analysis","authors":"Pēteris Kloks","doi":"10.1007/s11408-021-00378-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-021-00378-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"269 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87936258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The better turbulence index? Forecasting adverse financial markets regimes with persistent homology","authors":"Eduard Baitinger, Samuel Flegel","doi":"10.1007/s11408-020-00377-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-020-00377-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Persistent homology is the workhorse of modern topological data analysis, which in recent years becomes increasingly powerful due to methodological and computing power advances. In this paper, after equipping the reader with the relevant background on persistent homology, we show how this tool can be harnessed for investment purposes. Specifically, we propose a persistent homology-based turbulence index for the detection of adverse market regimes. With the help of an out-of-sample study, we demonstrate that investment strategies relying on a persistent homology-based turbulence detection outperform investment strategies based on other popular turbulence indices. Additionally, we conduct a stability analysis of our findings. This analysis confirms the results from the previous out-of-sample study, as the outperformance prevails for most configurations of the respective investment strategy and thereby mitigating possible data mining concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"57 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138526331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interaction effects between dynamic hybrid products and traditional deferred annuities in the German life insurance market","authors":"Nikolaj Moretti, Johannes Bartels","doi":"10.1007/s11408-020-00367-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-020-00367-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"9 1","pages":"193 - 224"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72868810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seasonalities in the German stock market","authors":"D. Hofmann, K. Keiber","doi":"10.1007/s11408-020-00373-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-020-00373-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"151 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74020027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antony Lewis: The basics of bitcoins and blockchains","authors":"Luca J. Liebi","doi":"10.1007/s11408-020-00374-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-020-00374-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"11 1","pages":"145 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86123001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cross-validated covariance estimators for high-dimensional minimum-variance portfolios","authors":"S. Husmann, A. Shivarova, R. Steinert","doi":"10.1007/s11408-020-00376-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-020-00376-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44895,"journal":{"name":"Financial Markets and Portfolio Management","volume":"55 1","pages":"309 - 352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81218326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}