Abstract
Investors who want access to active asset management can choose to invest in actively managed exchange traded funds (AMETFs), actively managed non-transparent ETFs (ANETFs) or mutual funds. Three major differences of AMETFs, ANETFs and mutual funds are the venues funds are traded on, tax liabilities, and disclosure requirements. This paper exploits the 2019 SEC rulings on ETFs to study empirically which fund structure for active asset management delivers the best return performance and explores what are the driving forces behind the superior performance. I find that for equity funds, AMETFs is associated with 0.158% lower monthly returns than mutual fund, suggesting the cost of higher disclosure frequency exceeds tax benefits of AMETFs.
Committee Chair
Zachary Kaplan
Committee Members
Todd Gormley, Asaf Manela,
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Author's Department
Finance
Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
Summer 8-15-2022
Language
English (en)
Recommended Citation
Li, Xuan None, "Performance of Actively Managed Exchange Traded Funds" (2022). Olin Business School Theses and Dissertations. 4.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/trkj-1p98