Quarterly Trading Patterns of Financial Institutions

Jia He
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Jia He: China Securities Regulatory Commission, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and CUHK

The Journal of Business, 2004, vol. 77, issue 3, 493-510

Abstract: This article investigates whether different types of institutions have discernible trading motives in response to portfolio disclosures. Results show that banks, life insurance companies, mutual funds, and investment advisors who act as external managers generally have similar trading strategies. They sell more poorly performing stocks during the fourth quarter than the first 3 quarters of the year, and such trading behavior is more pronounced for institutions whose stocks on average have underperformed the market. In contrast, property and liability insurance companies, pension funds, colleges, universities, and foundations, who manage their own assets, show less inclination to window-dress their portfolios.

Date: 2004
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