Conflicting Family Values in Mutual Fund Families

Forthcoming: Journal of Finance

64 Pages Posted: 12 Sep 2010 Last revised: 2 Apr 2012

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Utpal Bhattacharya

HKUST Business School

Jung Hoon Lee

Office of Financial Research, US Department of the Treasury

Veronika Krepely Pool

Vanderbilt University - Finance

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Date Written: March 31, 2012

Abstract

We analyze the investment behavior of affiliated funds of mutual funds (AFoMFs), which are mutual funds that can only invest in other funds in the family, and are offered by most large families. Though never mentioned in any prospectus, we discover that AFoMFs provide an insurance pool against temporary liquidity shocks to other funds in the family. We show that though the family benefits because funds can avoid fire-sales, the cost of this insurance is borne by the investors in the AFoMFs. The paper thus uncovers some of the hidden complexities of fiduciary responsibility in mutual fund families.

Keywords: mutual fund family, fund of funds, internal capital market, conflict of interest, fiduciary responsibility

JEL Classification: G23

Suggested Citation

Bhattacharya, Utpal and Lee, Jung Hoon and Pool, Veronika Krepely, Conflicting Family Values in Mutual Fund Families (March 31, 2012). Forthcoming: Journal of Finance, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1675503 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1675503

Utpal Bhattacharya

HKUST Business School ( email )

Clear Water Bay
Kowloon
Hong Kong

Jung Hoon Lee

Office of Financial Research, US Department of the Treasury ( email )

717 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20220
United States

Veronika Krepely Pool (Contact Author)

Vanderbilt University - Finance ( email )

United States
615-343-0277 (Phone)

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