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A note on asset management and market risk

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The textbook view on risk in asset management companies is summarized by Hull (Risk Management and Financial Institutions, p. 372, 2007 ): “For an asset manager the greatest risk is operational risk.” Using evidence from various panel regression models, we show that asset management revenues carry substantial market risks, a finding that challenges not only academic risk management literature on the predominance of operative risks, but also the current industry practice of not hedging market risks that are systematically built into the revenue-generation process. For asset management companies to return to an annuity model, these risks need to be managed more actively. Shareholders do not want to be exposed to market beta by investing in asset management companies; they want to participate in these companies’ alpha generation and take advantage of their fund-gathering expertise as financial intermediaries. Copyright Swiss Society for Financial Market Research 2010

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  • Bernd Scherer, 2010. "A note on asset management and market risk," Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Springer;Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, vol. 24(3), pages 309-320, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:fmktpm:v:24:y:2010:i:3:p:309-320
    DOI: 10.1007/s11408-010-0137-7
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    1. Bernd Scherer, 2012. "Market risks in asset management companies," Quantitative Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(10), pages 1547-1556, October.

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    Keywords

    Asset management; Market risk; Panel regression; Corporate finance; G11; C33; G30;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General

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