Tracking market and non-traditional sources of risks in procyclical and countercyclical hedge fund strategies under extreme scenarios: a nonlinear VAR approach [PDF]
The subprime crisis was quite damaging for hedge funds. Using the local projection method (Jordà 2004, 2005, 2009), we forecast the dynamic responses of the betas of hedge fund strategies to macroeconomic and financial shocks—especially volatility and ...
François-Éric Racicot +1 more
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THE USE OF POTENTIAL OF HEDGE FUNDS FOR UKRAINIAN INVESTORS [PDF]
Studies show that the world of finance is not standing still; new methods and tools of attracting and using financial capital are constantly appearing.
Iryna S. Shkura +2 more
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Determinants of the Nordic hedge fund performance
Hedge funds have become an important part of the financial sector. The development of the hedge funds in the Nordic countries has been rather robust. Therefore, it is important to identify the determinants of the hedge fund performance and isolate the ...
Danielius Kolisovas +4 more
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Purpose– The paper's aim is to explore the impact of statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading as hedge fund investment strategies that have a significant impact on the environment of corporations.Design/methodology/approach– The paper is a meta-analysis of the role of investment strategies within complex systems.Findings– The growth of hedge ...
William Fung, David A. Hsieh
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Reviewing the hedge funds literature I: Hedge funds and hedge funds' managerial characteristics [PDF]
This paper summarizes the literature on hedge funds (HFs) developed over the last two decades, particularly that which relates to managerial characteristics (a companion piece covers the risk management characteristics of HFs). It classifies, the current HF literature, suggesting which critical problems have been “solved” and which problems have not ...
Azevedo, Alcino +2 more
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How should we regulate private equity and hedge funds? [PDF]
This paper discusses the activities of hedge funds and private equity funds. We consider the rationale used by proponents for introducing new regulation for hedge funds and private equity.
Joseph A. Mccahery, Erik P. M. Vermeulen
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Analysis of the hedge fund industry for the purpose of implementation in the financial system of Ukraine [PDF]
Ukraine's integration into the global environment helps to attract progressive investment products, mechanisms and technologies into domestic practice. The purpose of the article is to analyze the hedge fund industry at the present stage of operation and
O. Vinichenko , M.A. Hrybkova
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Efeito Calendário e Finanças Comportamentais no Segmento de Fundos Multimercados [PDF]
The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between Mondays and the profitability provided by Brazilian hedge funds. We used a data basis composed of 3,337 hedge funds, totaling 3,529,808 observations of daily data, during the period from ...
Rodrigo Fernandes Malaquias +1 more
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Relationship between mutual funds and hedge funds performance in different periods
The hedge fund literature has already shown that hedge funds and mutual funds follow a different strategy. One result of the literature was that mutual funds herd into or out of stocks following the herd of hedge funds one quarter later.
Lechner, Gerhard, Fauster, Benjamin
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Re-Evaluating Sharpe Ratio in Hedge Fund Performance in Light of Liquidity Risk
This paper demonstrates how the Sharpe Ratio can be modified by altering the measure of “total risk” in the denominator of the Sharpe Ratio (i.e., the standard deviation) to include liquidity risk, a major risk for investors in hedge funds that is ...
Richard Van Horne
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