Impact of Financial Benchmarks Upon the Portfolio Distribution of Mutual Funds: The Evidence from Turkish Capital Market

The purpose of the study is to examine how financial benchmark returns impact the portfolio distribution of mutual funds. The scope of paper is limited to Turkish mutual funds market. Method employed in the paper; Granger Causality Test based on the VAR model is used. Findings of the quantitative analysis: As the return on government debt securities (index) inclines, the demand on Government Domestic Debt Securities goes up, and then, weight of government debt securities increases in consolidated portfolio of mutual funds. The paper concludes that for bonds, benchmark returns are effective on portfolio distribution of mutual funds.