Buscando alfa en el mercado accionario colombiano: evaluación de la oferta de FIC en el país y la posible influencia de las recomposiciones de índices sobre su selección

Abstract

This paper aims to assess the indirect impact that specific asset inclusions and exclusions from well followed market indices might cause to Colombian mutual fund’s Alphas -- By computing the Jensen Alpha for 60 Colombian mutual funds it is possible to conclude that a very small share of these investment vehicles performs better than their benchmarks -- Then by directing an event study on the FTSE Russell and MSCI index reviews, some evidence is found about the positive impact on asset’s value that comes with inclusions in the international indices and the negative impact when it comes to exclusions -- No consistent effects are found in the case of the local index -COLCAP- reviews -- Finally, it is possible to show how a mutual fund adjusting allocations based on international index reviews might well improve its alpha