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Longer Tenure, Greater Seniority, or Both? Evidence from Open-End Equity Mutual Fund Managers in Taiwan

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  • Jen Sin Lee

    (Department of Finance, Postgraduate Programs in Management, I-Shou University, 1, Section 1, Hsueh-Cheng Rd., Ta-Hsu, Kaohsiung County, 840, Taiwan)

  • Shyan-Rong Chou

    (Department of Finance,PhD Student, Postgraduate Programs in Management, I-Shou University, 1, Section 1, Hsueh-Cheng Rd., Ta-Hsu, Kaohsiung County, 840, Taiwan)

  • Ying-Jen Chen

    (Department of Finance,PhD Student, Postgraduate Programs in Management, I-Shou University, 1, Section 1, Hsueh-Cheng Rd., Ta-Hsu, Kaohsiung County, 840, Taiwan)

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between a fund manager's characteristics and performance, focusing on the interrelationships among fund managers' tenure, seniority and performance in the Taiwan open-end equity mutual fund market. To our knowledge, this is the first study to look into the joint impact of tenure and seniority. By sorting managers both by tenure and seniority, we are able to estimate the extent to which the interaction between the two variables may impact performance. This study suggests that a manager who has been in charge of a fund more than 24.33 months tends to perform well. Moreover, increasing seniority is found to be associated with decreasing performance. This may be explained by the observation that managers with greater seniority also tend to be older, and advanced age negatively impacts performance. Therefore, fund managers with high tenure and low seniority may potentially give rise to better performance than their peers.

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  • Jen Sin Lee & Shyan-Rong Chou & Ying-Jen Chen, 2008. "Longer Tenure, Greater Seniority, or Both? Evidence from Open-End Equity Mutual Fund Managers in Taiwan," Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance (AAMJAF), Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, vol. 4(2), pages 1-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:usm:journl:aamjaf00402_1-20
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    Cited by:

    1. Fang, Yi & Wang, Haiping, 2014. "Fund Manager Characteristics and Performance," MPRA Paper 60012, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Dariusz Filip, 2017. "Mutual Funds: Does the Performance Erosion Effect Exist? Evidence from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, vol. 67(6), pages 512-538, October.

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