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Pension funds and capital market development

Author:	Raddatz, Claudio; Schmukler, Sergio L.;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4787
Country:	World; Chile;	Date Stored:	2008/12/01
Document Date:	2008/12/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	Finance
Rel. Proj ID:	1W-Capital Flows And Financial Integration -- -- P053639;	Region:	The World Region; Latin America & Caribbean
Report Number:	WPS4787	Sub Sectors:	General finance sector
SubTopics:	Capital Markets and Capital Flows; Social Funds and Pensions; Investment and Investment Climate	TF No/Name:	TF040198-WORLD:; TF040145-WORLD:; TF090949-KCP HOW DO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS MANAGE WORLD SAVINGS?
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: This paper studies the relation between institutional investors and capital market development by analyzing unique data on monthly asset-level portfolio allocations of Chilean pension funds between 1995 and 2005. The results depict pension funds as large and important institutional investors that tend to hold a large amount of bank deposits, government paper, and short-term assets; buy and hold assets in their portfolios without actively trading them; hold similar portfolios at the asset-class level; simultaneously buy and sell similar assets; and follow momentum strategies when trading. Although pension funds may have contributed to the development of certain primary markets, these patterns do not seem fully consistent with the initial expectations that pension funds would be a dynamic force driving the overall development of capital markets. The results do not appear to be explained by regulatory restrictions. Instead, asset illiquidity and manger incentives might be behind the patterns illustrated in this paper.


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