Delegated Portfolio Management, Benchmarking, and the Effects on Financial Markets /

We analyze the implications of linking the compensation of fund managers to the return of their portfolio relative to that of a benchmark-a common solution to the agency problem in delegated portfolio management. In the presence of such relativeperformance- based objectives, investors have reduced e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Igan, Deniz
Other Authors: Pinheiro, Marcelo
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/198
Online Access:Full text available on IMF