scholarly journals Liquidity Risk, Return Predictability, and Hedge Funds’ Performance: An Empirical Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajna Gibson Brandon ◽  
Songtao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Equity Market ◽  
Return Predictability ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Risk Return

AbstractThis article analyzes the effect of liquidity risk on the performance of equity hedge fund portfolios. Similarly to Avramov, Kosowski, Naik, and Teo (2007), (2011), we observe that, before accounting for the effect of liquidity risk, hedge fund portfolios that incorporate predictability in managerial skills generate superior performance. This outperformance disappears or weakens substantially for most emerging markets, event-driven, and long/short hedge fund portfolios once we account for liquidity risk. Moreover, we show that the equity market-neutral and long/short hedge fund portfolios’ “alphas” also entail rents for their service as liquidity providers. These results hold under various robustness tests.

Hedge Fund Due Diligence at Leman Alternative Asset Management Company

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Pedro Matos
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Equity Market ◽  
Return Volatility ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Case Discussion ◽  
Management Company ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Monthly Return

In early January 2008, a senior VP with LAAMCO, a fund of hedge funds known for alternative investments, was conducting due diligence on an equity market-neutral hedge fund. The hedge fund used an option strategy known as a collar (also known as a bull spread or split-strike conversion). The track record of the hedge fund had been stellar. The fund's performance had not only beaten that of the S&P 500 Index over the same period but had done so with much lower monthly return volatility. As part of the due diligence, it was necessary to backtest the collar strategy and try to quantify how much value the manager, BLM Investment Securities, LLC, (BLM) had added. The case is a disguised representation of an actual hedge fund—the true identity of BLM is revealed to students at the end of the case discussion.

scholarly journals Home Bias and Local Contagion: Evidence from Funds of Hedge Funds

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 4771-4810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Sialm ◽  
Zheng Sun ◽  
Lu Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Home Bias ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Local Bias ◽  
Funds Of Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund Performance ◽  
Funds Of Funds

Abstract Our paper analyzes the geographical preferences of hedge fund investors and the implication of these preferences for hedge fund performance. We find that funds of hedge funds overweigh their investments in hedge funds located in the same geographical areas and that funds with a stronger local bias exhibit superior performance. Local bias also gives rise to excess flow comovement and extreme return clustering within geographic areas. Overall, our results suggest that while funds of funds benefit from local advantages, their local bias also creates market segmentation that can destabilize the underlying hedge funds.

scholarly journals Hedge Funds for Retail Investors? An Examination of Hedged Mutual Funds

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Agarwal ◽  
Nicole M. Boyson ◽  
Narayan Y. Naik
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Trading Strategies ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Retail Investors

AbstractRecently, there has been rapid growth in the assets managed by “hedged mutual funds”—mutual funds mimicking hedge fund strategies. We examine the performance of these funds relative to hedge funds and traditional mutual funds. Despite using similar trading strategies, hedged mutual funds underperform hedge funds. We attribute this finding to hedge funds’ lighter regulation and better incentives. Conversely, hedged mutual funds outperform traditional mutual funds. Notably, this superior performance is driven by managers with experience implementing hedge fund strategies. Our findings have implications for investors seeking hedge-fund-like payoffs at a lower cost and within the comfort of a regulated environment.

Can Liquidity Risk Explain Diseconomies of Scale in Hedge Funds?

2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750002
Author(s):  
Hany A. Shawky ◽  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Diseconomies Of Scale ◽  
Liquidity Crises ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Asset Size ◽  
Hedge Fund Performance

Using data from the Lipper TASS hedge fund database over the period 1994–2012, we examine the role of liquidity risk in explaining the relation between asset size and hedge fund performance. While a significant negative size-performance relation exists for all hedge funds, once we stratify our sample by liquidity risk, we find that such a relationship only exists among funds with the highest liquidity risk. Liquidity risk is found to be another important source of diseconomies of scale in the hedge fund industry. Evidently, for high liquidity risk funds, large funds are less able to recover from the relatively more significant losses incurred during market-wide liquidity crises, resulting in lower performance for large funds relative to small funds.

Funding Liquidity Risk and the Dynamics of Hedge Fund Lockups

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Adam L. Aiken ◽  
Christopher P. Clifford ◽  
Jesse A. Ellis ◽  
Qiping Huang
Keyword(s):  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
Funding Liquidity ◽  
And Control ◽  
Funding Risk

Abstract We exploit the expiring nature of hedge fund lockups to create a new measure of funding liquidity risk that varies within funds. We find that hedge funds with lower funding risk generate higher returns, and this effect is driven by their increased exposure to equity-mispricing anomalies. Our results are robust to a variety of sampling criteria, variable definitions, and control variables. Further, we address endogeneity concerns in various ways, including a placebo approach and regression discontinuity design. Collectively, our results support a causal link between funding risk and the ability of managers to engage in risky arbitrage.

scholarly journals Comparing Hedge Funds: Highest Return Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vuk Janus ◽  
Greyson Robin Meek
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Equity Market ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Investment Strategies ◽  
Individual Strategy ◽  
Low Interest Rates ◽  
Fund Research

Since 1997, the hedge fund industry has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 16.07%, resulting in a 26-fold increase from its original value to its present value of $3.1 trillion Assets Under Management. This study researched the varying investment strategies used by hedge funds to determine the strategy that provides the highest returns for its investors. From the previous literature, the study identified Long/Short Equity, Global Macro, Arbitrage, Event Driven, and Cross-Asset Multi-Strategy as viable and relevant investment approaches. Using hedge fund index data from Bloomberg, Hedge Fund Research, Eureka Hedge, Barclay’s, and Credit Suisse, returns for each respective strategy were collected and compared against the Bloomberg Global Hedge Fund (BHEDGE) Index and the S&P 500 Index. Alpha adjusted returns for each strategy were later calculated and plotted against the average weighted returns of each individual strategy. The results of this study show that the L/S Equity strategy provided the highest returns for its investors. Specifically, only the L/S Equity strategy outperformed the BHEDGE Index by a narrow margin, while all other strategies provided negative alpha figures. All hedge fund strategies outperformed the overall equity market on a year-to-date basis, however, provided negative alpha returns when compared to the S&P 500 1-Year market gains. This deficit between hedge funds and the overall equity market can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and its inflationary effects through low interest rates, market stimulus packs, and an increased money supply.

Beta Active Hedge Fund Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 2525-2558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Duanmu ◽  
Alexey Malakhov ◽  
William R. McCumber
Keyword(s):  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
Hedge Fund Performance

We reconsider whether hedge funds’ time-varying risk factor exposures are predictive of superior performance. We construct an overall measure (BA) of fund managers and present evidence that top beta active managers deliver superior long-term out-of-sample performance compared to top alpha active managers. BA captures the time-varying nature of beta exposures and can be interpreted as a common factor of both systematic risk (SR) and (1 - R2) measures. BA also compares favorably to extant measures of market timing, capturing the explanatory power of such measures of hedge fund performance.

Hedge funds vs SEO firms: a comparative analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Martin Hull ◽  
Sungkyu Kwak ◽  
Rosemary Walker
Keyword(s):  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Optimal Investment ◽  
Seasoned Equity Offerings ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Portfolio Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine if hedge funds perform poorly as claimed by more recent research. The authors find hedge funds perform well from 2001 to 2013 when compared to sample of firms known to experience superior performance, namely, a sample of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a portfolio approach in comparing the performance of hedge funds and SEO firms. Other comparisons involve a number of common methodologies used to compute and analyze short-run and long-run returns. Findings Contrary to a growing and prevalent belief, the paper offers evidence hedge funds as a whole have performed well for a recent 13-year period. This finding includes periods up to six years around SEO announcement months. Research limitations/implications This paper is limited to examining monthly returns for a portfolio of hedge funds. This limitation led to incorporating a portfolio approach. Practical implications The findings suggest that a portfolio of hedge funds are an important investment consideration. This consideration has practical implications because investing in a portfolio of hedge funds has become more available for all investors in recent years. Social implications Society can be enhanced as this paper helps future investors make optimal investment decisions. Originality/value This paper adds to the hedge fund research by being the first paper to compare the performance of hedge funds with that for firms undergoing an important corporate event. The findings are new and can impact investment decision making.

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