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Changes in the Global Investor Base and the Stability of Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets

By Luis Brandão-Marques, Gaston Gelos, Hibiki Ichiue, Hiroko Oura

December 28, 2015

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Luis Brandão-Marques, Gaston Gelos, Hibiki Ichiue, and Hiroko Oura. Changes in the Global Investor Base and the Stability of Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

An analysis of mutual-fund-level flow data into EM bond and equity markets confirms that different types of funds behave differently. Bond funds are more sensitive to global factors and engage more in return chasing than equity funds. Flows from retail, open-end, and offshore funds are more volatile. Global funds are more stable in their EM investments than “dedicated” EM funds. Differences in the stability of flows from ultimate investors play a key role in explaining these patterns. The changing mix of global investors over the past 15 year has probably made portfolio flows to EMs more sensitive to global financial conditions.

Subject: Balance of payments, Bonds, Capital flows, Currencies, Financial institutions, Money, Mutual funds, Stocks

Keywords: Bonds, Capital flows, Country flow data, Crossover fund, Currencies, EM fund, Emerging markets, End investor, Europe, Fund characteristic, Fund manager, Global, Global bond, Hard currency, Investment company, Managed fund, Mutual funds, Panel regression, Stocks, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    36

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2015/277

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2015277

  • ISBN:

    9781513555560

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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