Asset sales in the mutual fund industry: Who gains?

We analyze gains from intercorporate sales of mutual fund subsidiaries, using mandated SEC disclosures to assess the performance of mutual funds transferred by these transactions. Sellers are financial conglomerates (banks) using equity-based deals to transfer poorly performing funds to highly focus...

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Published inJournal of banking & finance Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 4834 - 4849
Main Authors Chen, Fan, Sanger, Gary C., Slovin, Myron B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.12.2013
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Asset sales
Assets
Conglomerates
Correlation analysis
Divestiture
Divestitures
Financial analysis
Focus
Investment trusts
Market efficiency
Mutual funds
Portfolio performance
Rates of return
Shareholders wealth
Stockholders
Studies
U.S.A
United States > US
G34
G2
Divestitures
Mutual funds
Focus
Asset sales
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Summary:We analyze gains from intercorporate sales of mutual fund subsidiaries, using mandated SEC disclosures to assess the performance of mutual funds transferred by these transactions. Sellers are financial conglomerates (banks) using equity-based deals to transfer poorly performing funds to highly focused asset management companies. The transferred funds experience significant improvements in risk-adjusted returns, efficiency, and asset growth. These improvements are closely correlated with the gains in wealth to buyers and sellers at deal announcements, indicating the market efficiently capitalizes expected performance improvements. Our results provide evidence that these transactions transfer assets to acquirers better able to manage them, generating gains for fund holders and buyer and seller shareholders.
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ISSN:0378-4266
1872-6372
DOI:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.08.019