Why So Many Mutual Funds? Mutual Fund Families, Market Segmentation and Financial Performance

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Massa
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Fund Families ◽  
Mutual Fund Families

The Role of Mutual Funds in Corporate Governance: Evidence from Mutual Funds’ Proxy Voting and Trading Behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Duan ◽  
Yawen Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Trading Behavior ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Insider Ownership ◽  
Proxy Voting ◽  
Fund Families ◽  
Mutual Fund Families

AbstractThis paper examines mutual fund families’ proxy voting records to analyze their choices between voting against management (“voice”) and voting with their feet (“exit”). Even though proxy voting is particularly conducive to governance through voice rather than exit, we provide evidence that both exit and voice are important governance mechanisms when Institutional Shareholder Services recommends voting against management. Funds with smaller ownership blocks and shorter investment horizons are more likely to exit, and funds are more likely to exit small, liquid firms with greater insider ownership.

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