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On The Regulation Of Fee Structures In Mutual Funds

In: Quantitative Analysis In Financial Markets Collected Papers of the New York University Mathematical Finance Seminar(Volume III)

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  • SANJIV RANJAN DAS

    (Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business, 208 Kenna Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 65053-0388, USA)

  • RANGARAJAN K. SUNDARAM

    (Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA)

Abstract

We offer an alternative framework for the analysis of mutual fund structure and use it to examine the rationale behind existing regulations that require mutual fund adviser fees to be of the “fulcrum” variety. We find little justification for the regulations. Indeed, we find that asymmetric “incentive fees” in which the adviser receives a flat fee plus a bonus for exceeding a benchmark index provide Pareto-dominant outcomes with a lower level of equilibrium volatility.Our model also offers some insight into fee structures actually in use in the asset-management industry. We find that when leveraging is not permitted and the fee structure must be of the fulcrum variety, the equilibrium fee in our model is a flat fee with no performance component; while if asymmetric incentive fees are allowed and leveraging is permitted the equilibrium fee is an incentive fee with a large performance component. These predictions match observed fee structures in the mutual fund industry and the hedge fund industry, respectively.

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  • Sanjiv Ranjan Das & Rangarajan K. Sundaram, 2002. "On The Regulation Of Fee Structures In Mutual Funds," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Marco Avellaneda (ed.), Quantitative Analysis In Financial Markets Collected Papers of the New York University Mathematical Finance Seminar(Volume III), chapter 1, pages 1-36, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812778451_0001
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    1. Andrea Prat, 2005. "The Wrong Kind of Transparency," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(3), pages 862-877, June.
    2. Kumar Muthuraman & Tarik Aouam & Ronald Rardin, 2008. "Regulation of Natural Gas Distribution Using Policy Benchmarks," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 56(5), pages 1131-1145, October.
    3. Franz Diboky & Jörg Finsinger, 2006. "Total Expense Ratio — eine empirische Untersuchung der Zusatzkosten von Investmentfonds," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 58(6), pages 710-729, September.

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