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Do Institutional Investors Have Sensible Investment Beliefs?


Kees C. G. Koedijk


Tilburg University - Department of Finance

Alfred Slager


Tilburg University - Department of Economics

May 20, 2009

Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2009

Abstract:     
This article investigates the building blocks to successful investment strategies for institutional investors. It presents the results of a worldwide survey of investment beliefs, and finds striking differences in how pension funds and commercial asset managers view capital markets. Asset managers seem to use their investment beliefs to demonstrate their competitive advantage to current and potential clients. Pension funds, on the other hand, seem to use formulated investment beliefs as a tool for decision-making. We link investment beliefs to performance measures and find that pension funds with clear beliefs about asset pricing and risk diversification have better return/risk performance measures, as well as lower costs.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 10

Keywords: Investment Beliefs, Investment Strategy, Pension Fund, Pension Fund Governance, Performance, Rotman

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Date posted: May 23, 2009  

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Koedijk, Kees C. G. and Slager, Alfred, Do Institutional Investors Have Sensible Investment Beliefs? (May 20, 2009). Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1408662

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Kees G. Koedijk (Contact Author)
Tilburg University - Department of Finance ( email )
P.O. Box 90153
Tilburg, 5000 LE
Netherlands
+31 13 4663048 (Phone)
+31 13 4662052 (Fax)
Alfred Slager
Tilburg University - Department of Economics ( email )
P.O. Box 90153
Tilburg, 5000 LE
Netherlands
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