Facing up to fund managers

Les Coleman ()

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2015, vol. 7, issue 2, 111-135

Abstract: Purpose - – The paper aims to describe the behind-the-scenes strategy and processes that fund managers use to make investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach - – The research involved semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with 34 fund managers in Istanbul, London, Melbourne and New York during 2012. Results describe their approach, and tie it back to theoretical explanations. Findings - – Large investors make limited use of neoclassical finance theory. They believe that securities markets trend over the short term, mean revert over the long term, and have upward sloping demand curves. They rely on qualitative techniques, think of security prices rather than returns, acknowledge constraints by their employer and clients, are heavily socialised and see no limitation from using similar approaches to competitors. Originality/value - – This is the first interview-based evaluation of global manager techniques since the market crash after 2008, and provides an innovative depiction of actual processes followed by institutional investors.

Keywords: Finance; Investment; Fund managers; Interview research; Investor decisions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1108/QRFM-11-2013-0037

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