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Forced Liquidations, Fire Sales, and the Cost of Illiquidity
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lindsey, Richard R. Weisman, Andrew B. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Seeking diversification, institutional investors are often drawn to investment opportunities that are relatively illiquid, taking for granted that they will receive a liquidity premium that compensates them for the lack of liquidity. Forced liquidations typically occur when illiquid portfolios become overvalued relative to their true market value and the reported valuation is no longer credible. When a forced liquidation occurs, the significant associated costs are obvious and easy to take into account. But there is a rarely recognized cost that investors should apply to illiquid investments’ expected return before such an event. This article presents a simple option-adjusted return for evaluating the cost of such illiquidity. |
| Starting Page | 45 |
| Ending Page | 57 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3905/jpe.2016.20.1.045 |
| Volume Number | 20 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.iaqf.org/dev/files/Weisman_LiquidityPaper.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3905/jpe.2016.20.1.045 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
