Abstract

Research on the characteristics of size and its impact on the performance of the fund in China

Author(s): Wangheng

The research on the relationship between fund size and its performance has always been a hot topic, while, there are no consensus viewed from the present study on it. Compared with it in foreign countries, China's securities market started late and the fund’s establish had a shorter operation. With the aid of foreignresearch experience, the author tested the effectsof China's fund size on its performance and concluded that in a bull market, bear market and shock, the performance of the lager funds’ is not optimal. On the contrary, small funds, in terms of revenue and risk, all showed a clearer advantage than that of the large fundsin a bear market condition.