Factors related to the liquidations of ETFs during 2008

The purpose of this study is to identify factors related to the closing of 50 ETFs in 2008. The study compared the sample of liquidated ETFs to a matched sample of active ETFs. The factors used as explanatory variables were: market capitalization, liquidity, ETF return, Index return, tracking error,...

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Autor principal: Herminio Romero-Pérez
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones Comerciales e Iniciativas Académicas 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=63131334002
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=pr/pr-004&d=63131334002oai
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Sumario:The purpose of this study is to identify factors related to the closing of 50 ETFs in 2008. The study compared the sample of liquidated ETFs to a matched sample of active ETFs. The factors used as explanatory variables were: market capitalization, liquidity, ETF return, Index return, tracking error, fund age, and premium. Lower liquidity values, higher tracking errors, and higher ETF returns were associated with higher probabilities of liquidation. The researcher found evidence that ETFs market makers were profiting from the creation of new ETFs shares just before liquidating the ETFs shares at a premium.