Does Liquidity Management Induce Fragility in Treasury Prices? Evidence from Bond Mutual Funds

主讲人

Xin Liu

简介

<p>Bond mutual funds holding illiquid assets (e.g., corporate bonds) actively manage their Treasury positions to buffer redemption shocks. We argue that this liquidity management practice can transmit and concentrate non-fundamental demand shocks from fund flows onto the Treasuries the funds hold, leading to fragility in Treasury prices. We find that Treasuries held more by bond funds tend to exhibit high return comovement during downside markets, negatively skewed returns, and frequent liquidity co-jumps, compared with Treasuries with little fund ownership. We address endogeneity concerns by exploiting the 2003 mutual fund scandal as an shock to fund ownership. Such mechanism can help explain the COVID-19 Treasury market turmoil in March 2020.</p>

时间

2021-11-02(Tuesday)16:40-18:00

地点

The seminar will be held online

讲座语言

English

主办单位

厦门大学经济学院、王亚南经济研究院

承办单位

厦门大学经济学院、王亚南经济研究院

类型

系列讲座

联系人信息

主持人

Xiaoran Ni

专题网站

专题

主讲人简介

<p>Xin Liu is assistant professor of School of Finance, Renmin University. He obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Hong Kong. His research interests include empirical asset pricing, institutional investor, and behavioral finance, etc. He has published papers in leading finance journals, including Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, and Journal of Empirical Finance.</p>

期数

2021年秋季学期第二讲(总85讲)

主讲人: Xin Liu
主讲人简介:

Xin Liu is assistant professor of School of Finance, Renmin University. He obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Hong Kong. His research interests include empirical asset pricing, institutional investor, and behavioral finance, etc. He has published papers in leading finance journals, including Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, and Journal of Empirical Finance.

主持人: Xiaoran Ni
简介:
系列讲座
时间: 2021-11-02(Tuesday)16:40-18:00
地点: The seminar will be held online
期数: 2021年秋季学期第二讲(总85讲)
主办单位: 厦门大学经济学院、王亚南经济研究院
承办单位: 厦门大学经济学院、王亚南经济研究院
类型: 系列讲座