Institutional Investors, Commission Fees, and Analyst Bias

Monitors or Predators: The Influence of Institutional Investors on Sell-Side Analysts

The Accounting Review ◽

10.2308/accr-50263 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 88 (1) ◽

pp. 137-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

Zhaoyang Gu ◽

Zengquan Li ◽

Yong George Yang

Keyword(s):

Mutual Fund ◽

Institutional Investors ◽

Direct Evidence ◽

Financial Analysts ◽

Data Availability ◽

Stock Recommendations ◽

Analyst Bias ◽

The Relationship ◽

Unique Dataset

ABSTRACT: Regulators and the investment community have been concerned that institutional investors pressure financial analysts through trading commission fees to issue optimistic opinions in support of their stock positions. We use a unique dataset that identifies mutual fund companies' allocation of trading commission fees to individual brokerages and provide direct evidence on this issue. In particular, we show that for stocks in which the fund companies have taken large positions, analysts are more optimistic in their stock recommendations when their brokerages receive trading commission fees from these fund companies. The relationship is stronger when the commission fee pressure is greater. The market reacts less favorably to the “Strong Buy” recommendations of analysts facing greater commission fee pressure. The funds also respond negatively to such recommendations in making portfolio adjustments. These results point to a source of analyst bias that has been little explored in the literature. Data Availability: The data are publically available from the sources identified in the paper.

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Institutional Investors on the Securities Market

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2003-8-95-101 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 95-101

Author(s):

O. Khmyz

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Capital Market ◽

Hedge Funds ◽

Institutional Investors ◽

Securities Market ◽

Main Role ◽

Investment Funds ◽

Investment Process ◽

The Capital Market

Acording to the author's opinion, institutional investors (from many participants of the capital market) play the main role, especially investment funds. They supply to small-sized investors special investment services, which allow them to participate in the investment process. However excessive institutialization and increasing number of hedge-funds may lead to financial crisis.

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Pricing models of shares of Russian companies and their practical application

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2019-3-48-76 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 48-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alexander E. Abramov ◽

Alexander D. Radygin ◽

Maria I. Chernova

Keyword(s):

Stock Market ◽

Institutional Investors ◽

Factor Model ◽

Investment Strategies ◽

Pricing Models ◽

Foreign Portfolio Investment ◽

Market Portfolio ◽

Stock Market Performance ◽

Long Time ◽

Russian Stock Market

The article analyzes the problems of applying stock pricing models in the Russian stock market. The novelty of the study lies in the peculiarities of the methodology used and the substantive conclusions on the specifics of the influence of fundamental factors on the pricing of shares of Russian companies. The study was conducted using its own 5-factor basic pricing model based on a sample of the most complete number of issues of shares of Russian issuers and a long time horizon, from 1997 to 2017. The market portfolio was the widest for a set of issuers. We consider the factor model as a kind of universal indicator of the efficiency of the stock market performance of its functions. The article confirms the significance of factors of a broad market portfolio, size, liquidity and, in part, momentum (inertia). However, starting from 2011, the significance of factors began to decrease as the qualitative characteristics of the stock market deteriorated due to the outflow of foreign portfolio investment, combined with the low level of development of domestic institutional investors. Also identified is the cyclical nature of the actions of company size and liquidity factors. Their ability to generate additional income on shares rises mainly at the stage of the fall of the stock market. The results of the study suggest that as domestic institutional investors develop on the Russian stock market, factor investment strategies can be used as a tool to increase the return on investor portfolios.

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