TY - UNPB
T1 - Efficiently Inefficient Markets for Assets and Assets Management
AU - Garleanu, Nicolae
AU - Heje Pedersen, Lasse
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - We consider a model where investors can invest directly or search for an asset manager, information about assets is costly, and managers charge an endogenous fee. The efficiency of asset prices is linked to the efficiency of the asset management market: if investors can find managers more easily, more money is allocated to active management, fees are lower, and asset prices are more efficient. Informed managers outperform after fees, uninformed managers underperform after fees, and the net performance of the average manager depends on the number of "noise allocators." Finally, we show why large investors should be active and discuss broader implications and welfare considerations.
AB - We consider a model where investors can invest directly or search for an asset manager, information about assets is costly, and managers charge an endogenous fee. The efficiency of asset prices is linked to the efficiency of the asset management market: if investors can find managers more easily, more money is allocated to active management, fees are lower, and asset prices are more efficient. Informed managers outperform after fees, uninformed managers underperform after fees, and the net performance of the average manager depends on the number of "noise allocators." Finally, we show why large investors should be active and discuss broader implications and welfare considerations.
UR - http://sfx-45cbs.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/45cbs?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/sfxit.com:azlist&sfx.ignore_date_threshold=1&rft.object_id=110978978383121&rft.object_portfolio_id=&svc.holdings=yes&svc.fulltext=yes
U2 - 10.3386/w21563
DO - 10.3386/w21563
M3 - Working paper
T3 - National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series
BT - Efficiently Inefficient Markets for Assets and Assets Management
PB - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
CY - Cambridge, MA
ER -