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Area of Science:

  • Financial economics
  • Network science
  • Quantitative finance

Background:

  • Network theory offers powerful tools for analyzing complex financial systems.
  • Understanding investment portfolio structure, including asset correlation and overlap, is crucial for assessing investor risk.
  • The Global Financial Crisis highlighted the interconnectedness and systemic risks within financial markets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the evolution of US mutual fund portfolios during the Global Financial Crisis using network analysis.
  • To quantify changes in portfolio diversification and investment similarity among funds.
  • To identify systemic risk components arising from shared investment strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Construction and analysis of a bipartite network representing US mutual funds and their assets.
  • Tracking network evolution over the period of the Global Financial Crisis.
  • Employing a simplified shock propagation model to assess systemic risk.

Main Results:

  • On average, mutual fund portfolios exhibited increased diversification and decreased similarity during the crisis.
  • A significant overlap in investments was observed, exceeding random allocation benchmarks, suggesting correlated fund strategies.
  • A systemic risk component was identified, linked to portfolio similarity, which leaves the network vulnerable post-crisis.

Conclusions:

  • Despite increased diversification, correlated investment strategies among mutual funds contribute to systemic risk.
  • Both diversification and similarity metrics are essential for a comprehensive assessment of systemic risk in financial networks.
  • Network analysis provides valuable insights into financial system dynamics and risk management.