Connected Funds

Daniel Fricke and Hannes Wilke

The Review of Financial Studies, 2023, vol. 36, issue 11, 4546-4587

Abstract: Mutual funds often invest in other funds. In this paper, we analyze the economics behind such cross-fund investments and investigate their financial stability implications. Using granular data for the German fund sector, our main findings are that cross-fund investments (a) are becoming increasingly important over time, (b) were heavily liquidated during March 2020, and (c) display measurable contagion effects. Overall, cross-fund investments can elevate structural fund sector vulnerabilities.Authors have furnished an Internet Appendix, which is available on the Oxford University Press Web site next to the link to the final published paper online.

JEL-codes: G10 G11 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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