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    The Albanian Mutual Funds during the COVID pandemic
    (University Goce Delchev Shtip, 2021-08-16) Balliu, Brian
    The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lockdown of a global scale and subsequent enforcement ofit had an impact in the capital markets, and the Albanian mutual fund industry would not remain an exception. Such crisis put the industry into an unprecedented stress test. This paper uses qualitative research method to identify the challenges that were faced by the mutual fund industry during the beginning of the pandemic. This includes the fund flow perspective, secondary debt markets, the shifts of regulations and the behavior of investors. The conclusions that will be drawn from this study are aimed to help capital market investors and researchers in drawing strategies in the Albanian market during crisis times.Albania is recognized as an emerging economy and during its ongoing stage of development, the COVID-19 pandemic caused turbulences in the economic stability of the country. With many measures put in motion in order to reduce the impact of the pandemic upon the population, all the sections of the economy have been facing disruption. The capital market, likewise, was met with a lot of challenges during this period. Although, history has shown that the Mutual Fund(MF)industry has always bounced back significantly after taking a hit. Considering the impact of the crisis, the regulator, Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), closely supervised the liquidity to ensure the mutual funds would be able to operate in stressful conditions and in the best interest of the investor. For this study, a Qualitative research method is applied by using Histographical research approach, regarding the past and present events that are associated with the Albanian Mutual Fund Industry. Furthermore, data from regulator websites, company websites, business newspapers in physical and digital forms are used in the study as well as research papers. Moreover, data from financial statements of the Mutual Funds(MFs)has been sourced from the websites of Asset Management Companies(AMCs).