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Effects of Team Hierarchies on Bond Investing*

Effects of Team Hierarchies on Bond Investing* By using a unique data set on the organizational structure of fixed-income portfolio managers, that is, mutual funds and insurance companies, we study the effects of organizational hierarchy within a fund management team on bond investing. We document that team hierarchies reduce the portfolio managers’ incentive to collect and share soft information. Funds with multiple hierarchies invest less in bonds of local firms, hold less concentrated portfolios, and herd more with the market. Overall, they deliver lower portfolio performances. We also show that changes in fund hierarchy subsequently find their way into fund behaviors. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Review of Asset Pricing Studies Oxford University Press

Effects of Team Hierarchies on Bond Investing*

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Oxford University Press
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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
ISSN
2045-9920
eISSN
2045-9939
DOI
10.1093/rapstu/raw009
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Abstract

By using a unique data set on the organizational structure of fixed-income portfolio managers, that is, mutual funds and insurance companies, we study the effects of organizational hierarchy within a fund management team on bond investing. We document that team hierarchies reduce the portfolio managers’ incentive to collect and share soft information. Funds with multiple hierarchies invest less in bonds of local firms, hold less concentrated portfolios, and herd more with the market. Overall, they deliver lower portfolio performances. We also show that changes in fund hierarchy subsequently find their way into fund behaviors.

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The Review of Asset Pricing StudiesOxford University Press

Published: Dec 1, 2017

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