The Investment Value of Fund Managers’ Experience Outside the Financial Sector

The Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming

52 Pages Posted: 26 Feb 2018

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Gjergji Cici

University of Kansas - School of Business

Monika Gehde-Trapp

University of Mannheim - Finance Area

Marc-André Goericke

University of Cologne

Alexander Kempf

University of Cologne - Department of Finance & Centre for Financial Research (CFR)

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Date Written: February 12, 2018

Abstract

Human capital acquired while working in other industries before joining fund management provides fund managers with an information advantage. Fund managers exploit this advantage by overweighting their experience industries and by picking outperforming stocks from these industries. These managers’ superior information is impounded into stock prices slowly, suggesting that their information is unique and takes a while to be discovered by the markets. Families exploit their manager’s industry-specific human capital by broadly employing their investment ideas in other funds. The investment value of industry experience is unaffected by whether or not the manager with such experience is in a team.

Keywords: Investor Learning, Investor Experience, Mutual funds

JEL Classification: G23, D83, J24

Suggested Citation

Cici, Gjergji and Gehde-Trapp, Monika and Goericke, Marc-André and Kempf, Alexander, The Investment Value of Fund Managers’ Experience Outside the Financial Sector (February 12, 2018). The Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3123652

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