Fund Families as Delegated Monitors of Money Managers

A-Tier
Journal: The Review of Financial Studies
Year: 2005
Volume: 18
Issue: 4
Pages: 1139-1169

Authors (3)

Simon Gervais (Duke University) Anthony W. Lynch (not in RePEc) David K. Musto (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Because a money manager learns more about her skill from her management experience than outsiders can learn from her realized returns, she expects inefficiency in future contracts that condition exclusively on realized returns. A fund family that learns what the manager learns can reduce this inefficiency cost if the family is large enough. The family's incentive is to retain any given manager regardless of her skill but, when the family has enough managers, it adds value by boosting the credibility of its retentions through the firing of others. As the number of managers grows, the efficiency loss goes to zero. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:rfinst:v:18:y:2005:i:4:p:1139-1169
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25