Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43706 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CFR working paper No. 10-18
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR), Cologne
Abstract: 
This is the first study of corporate-bond mutual fund performance that examines detailed security-level holdings and returns. The new database allows us to decompose the costs and benefits of active management. In contrast to prior research on equity funds that shows evidence of stock-selection ability, we do not find evidence consistent with bond fund managers, on average, being able to select corporate bonds that outperform other bonds with similar characteristics. We find neutral to weakly positive evidence of ability to time corporate bond characteristics. Overall results show that the costs of active management on average appear larger than the benefits.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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