Abstract

This paper evaluates the investment performance of Malaysian-based international equity funds. The results on the overall fund performance using Jensen’s (1968) model indicate that, on average, international funds have significant negative risk-adjusted returns over the study period from 2008-2010. Since the model ignores market timing activity, it implicitly attributes the overall negative return to manager’s poor stock selection ability. However, the performance breakdown results on managerial expertise using the models of Treynor and Mazuy (1966) and Henriksson and Merton (1981) show evidence of positive selectivity and negative market timing returns. Taken together, the highly significant negative timing returns suggest that, on average, international fund managers have perverse market timing ability. The paper finds little evidence that Malaysian investors achieve diversification benefits from investing in overseas equity markets. Keywords: International equity funds; Market timing; Security selection; Fund performance ABSTRAK Kajian ini menilai prestasi pelaburan dana ekuiti antarabangsa yang berpengkalan di Malaysia. Untuk prestasi keseluruhan berdasarkan model Jensen (1968), dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa, secara purata, dana ekuiti antarabangsa menjana pulangan negatif selepas penyelarasan risiko untuk tempoh kajian dari 2008-2010. Memandangkan model ini mengabaikan kewujudan aktiviti pemasaan pasaran dalam kalangan pengurus dana amanah, ia menganggapkan bahawa keseluruhan pulangan negatif untuk dana tersebut adalah disebabkan oleh kelemahan pengurus dari segi kemampuannya memilih saham. Walau bagaimanapun, keputusan kajian berdasarkan kepada pecahan prestasi kepakaran pengurus dengan menggunakan model Treynor dan Mazuy (1966) dan Henriksson dan Merton (1981) menunjukkan prestasi pemilihan yang positif dan prestasi pemasaan yang negatif. Secara keseluruhannya, pulangan negatif pemasaan yang signifikan mencadangkan bahawa secara puratanya, pengurus dana antarabangsa tidak mempunyai keupayaan pemasaan pasaran yang baik. Penyelidikan ini juga menunjukkan bukti yang sedikit bahawa pelabur-pelabur Malaysia memperolehi faedah kepelbagaian daripada pelaburan dalam pasaran ekuiti di luar negara. Kata Kunci: Dana ekuiti antarabangsa; Pemasaan pasaran; pemilihan sekuriti; Prestasi dana

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