A Portfolio's Country Exposure Management: The Case of Latin American Mutual Funds

Javier Rodríguez

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2007, vol. 43, issue 2, 5-18

Abstract: This study empirically examines the forecasting ability and performance of Latin American fund managers by evaluating changes in portfolio country exposure. It employs a methodology based on attribution returns. An attribution return is defined as the difference between the actual monthly fund return and the return that would have been generated by the previous month portfolio's country exposure. The study finds three major results. In the aggregate, Latin American fund managers demonstrate forecasting ability as evidenced by a positive and statistically significant attribution return. The fund managers outperform a regional benchmark when measured with Jensen's alpha, and the attribution return is positively correlated with alpha. Attribution returns are mostly negative during periods of financial instability in the region.

Keywords: Latin America; mutual funds; performance measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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