Adjusting to The Information Environment: News Tangibility and Mutual Fund Performance

Massimo Massa, Oleg Chuprinin and Gaspar, Sérgio

No 11473, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study the relationship between mutual funds’ performance and shocks to the public information environment of their investments. For each stock, we distinguish between quantitative, or tangible, news (expressed with numeric characters) and qualitative news (expressed as verbal content). We find that funds that trade more actively in response to changes in the stocks’ information tangibility earn higher risk-adjusted returns. Funds that are particularly sensitive to such fluctuations have smaller managerial teams and employ managers who are more focused. Overall, our evidence suggests that public signals associated with changes in the type of available information constitute a channel of value creation in asset management.

Date: 2016-08
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