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title: Asset Manager Commonality
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5231258/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5231258
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5231258
featured: 2025-05-07
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Asset Manager Commonality

Asset managers of life insurers impact financial markets, with insurers using the same asset manager having similar portfolios and trades, but the increase in portfolio return correlation is minimal.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5231258
- Identifier: SSRN 5231258
- Released: 2024-10-25
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 96 (2025-05-07): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-05-07/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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