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Samuelsson, Kristine, and Karin Nyrén. "Att hedga eller att inte hedga : En kvantitativ studie om valutahedging och dess effekt på företags totala risk." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29424.
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Inledning: Finansiella risker har blivit mer påtagliga i dagens samhälle och finansiell risk management har under senare år blivit ett mycket omtalat och studerat ämne. Det finns olika finansiella derivat som används för att säkra finansiella risker, det går att identifiera olika åsikter bland forskare om vilken påverkan dessa derivat har på risker inom företag. Valutaderivat är en av dessa säkringsinstrument som enligt teorin används för att reducera valutarisker. Problem: Huruvida valutaderivat reducerar den totala risken inom företag. Syfte: Undersöka om det finns ett riskreducerande samband mellan omfattningen på valutaderivat och företagens totala risk. Teoretisk referensram: Teorier som används i uppsatsen beskriver valutarisker och vad de grundar sig i. Vidare tar den teoretiska referensramen upp hur valutarisker kan hanteras med hjälp av valutaderivat. Slutligen beskrivs vilket mått på risk undersökning använder, det vill säga standardavvikelsen i aktiekursen. Teoriavsnittet inkluderar även en djupare insyn i forskares delade åsikter om vilken effekt valutaderivat har på risk. Metod: Studien använder sig främst av en kvantitativ metod där 45 internationellt verksamma företag har undersökts. Ett korrelationssamband samt polynomsamband testades mellan variablerna; företagens standardavvikelse i aktiekursen och omfattningen på valutaderivat i förhållande till nettoomsättningen. Även kvalitativa inslag i form av intervjuer inkluderades och bidrog till en metodtriangulering. Slutsatser: Varken ett linjärt samband eller ett olinjärt samband gick att identifiera med hjälp av de statistiska uträkningarna. Den kvalitativa datan pekar på att valutaderivat kan minska företagens totala risk men för att kunna se en påverkan i aktiekursen behöver man rensa bort ett antal störande faktorer.
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Hedström, David, and Rebecca Lantz. "Transaktionsrisk : En kvalitativ studie om faktorerna bakom valutasäkring hos svenska SMEs." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24659.
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Syfte: Tidigare forskning visar att företag som exponeras mot transaktionsrisk tjänar på att hedga sin valutarisk samt visar hur det bör gå till. Majoriteten av denna forskning är däremot begränsad mot stora företag, det finns alltså ett relativt outforskat område gällande transaktionsrisk hos svenska SMEs. Syftet blir således att undersöka vilka interna och externa faktorer som ligger till grund för hur svenska SMEs hanterar sin exponering mot transaktionsrisk.
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Austová, Lucia. "Analysis and classification of hedge funds and hedge strategies." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-9268.
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An objective of my graduation thesis is an analysis of hedge funds and hedge strategies while reflecting the distribution of the investments to right portfolio taking into account the risk. The main aim is to provide clear and consistent classification of whole variety of different hedge styles and strategies. There are plenty of different investment and trading strategies of hedge funds and their classification differs from analyst to analyst and from database to database. The work focuses on finding an alternative consistent classification of hedge funds which will lead to improvement of investment decisions of financial market participants, to effective distribution of the investment portfolio and therefore to elimination of undiversified risks. For the practical analysis I use real data of hedge fund returns of particular relevant time period. I focus on research and description of possible methods of hedge fund classification mentioning their pluses and minuses. After passionate evaluation of each method I have chosen two methods according to which I classify the hedge funds datasets and finally I compare the results of both. The theoretical part of work focuses on definition of hedge funds, hedge styles and strategies, pluses and minuses as well as risk accompanying particular strategy.
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Samiev, Sarvar, and Yaqian Wu. "Do hedge fund investment strategies matter in hedge fund performance?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-37518.
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Our study aims at analyzing the performance of 1455 live hedge funds in the chosen timeframe from 2004 and 2010. Our work is of great importance both forindividual and institutional investor which finds alternative investments as aninvestment choice. By decomposing hedge funds into different strategies we implementour analysis. To answer to our research question “Do hedge fund investing strategiesmatter in hedge fund performance?” our findings based on single and multipleregression models on risk-adjusted basis, show that different hedge investmentstrategies have different risk and return characteristics.Our multiple regression analysis in which we have included sub-category indices asfactor has provided the high R squared (99%). Managerial skill (alpha) is lower in caseof single regression using benchmarks compared to market (S&P 500), which isreasonable since our benchmark is homogenous funds included and measures theaverage performance of specific hedge fund sub category. The beta values in case ofbenchmark used is higher compared to market due to the same reason. The difference inR squared values is quite fluctuating. For some hedge funds, the explanatory power ofbenchmark is higher while for others is lower. We would like to emphasize that Rsquared values in case of market (S&P 500) are more stable compared to benchmark.H test showed that the differences existed among the performance of hedge fundinvestment strategies. LSD test showed that there are some strategies having significantdifferences on performance among different investment strategies. The multipleregression analysis using dummy variables showed that to some extent hedge fundstrategies matter on hedge fund performance. Risk-adjusted performance measuresshow the highest sharp ratio to PIPES (2,88) and Statistical Arbitrage (1,55).
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Palma, Kelly. "Hedge funds and the SEC regulation of Hedge Fund Advisers : /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 2006. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/business/2006/thesis_bus_2006_palma_hedge.pdf.
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Brecailo, Helizander (Helizander de Oliveira). "Activist hedge funds." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44443.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2008.Includes bibliographical references.
Hedge funds have played a significant role in shareholder activism in the U.S. They have appeared quite frequently in the media as the driving force behind changes in firms' management that generate higher returns on their investments. Nonetheless, many wonder whether they really bring long-term value and benefits to firms, stakeholders, or financial markets, or whether hedge funds net returns for their investments only. The purpose of this thesis, which is written as a case study based solely on public information, is to discuss the attributes of activist hedge funds and how they differ from corporate raiders and private equity firms. The case study then maps activists' most common mechanisms for accomplishing their goals. Finally, the restaurant industry-in particular, Wendy's International Inc., which has been highly targeted by activists-offers a platform for studying the outcomes of activists' maneuvers.
by Helizander Brecailo.
M.B.A.
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Werner-Zankl, Simon, Linda Samuelsson, and Emma Jonsson. "Swedish hedge funds : An analysis of the Swedish hedge funds’ investment strategies and risks associated with hedge funds." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-1042.
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Out of the different fund categories hedge funds have had the highest development in Sweden since 1994. Swedish investors’ interest in hedge funds doubled from 2005 to 2006. Hedge funds are said to be an investment with a low risk and not being dependent upon business cycle movements. Historically there have been high initial investments, most often over 100 000 SEK, required to invest in hedge funds. This has started to shift towards lower initial investments. This is a reason why hedge funds start to become interesting to private investors and not only to institutional, and wealthy private investors.
Purpose
The purpose of this thesis is to explore what different investment strategies and sub strategies that are used within Swedish hedge funds. Also specific risks and risk measurements, depending on investment strategy, will be investigated and compared.
Method
In order to meet the purpose of this thesis a qualitative approach has been used. A questionnaire, with both closed and open-end questions, was sent to 13 hedge fund managers operating in the Swedish hedge fund market. Afterwards, four semi-structured interviews were conducted. Two of the interviewees are hedge fund managers who also answered the questionnaire. The others were with a person who is a hedge fund analyst and a person working at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA).
Conclusion
Out of the five different investment strategies investigated the two most widely used in Swedish hedge funds are funds of hedge funds and equity hedge. The sub strategies that are used within the Swedish hedge fund market are those with a focus on low risk. Within Swedish hedge funds there are some specific risks and risk measurements that are useful. Sharpe ratio is best used to compare similar funds. Standard deviation is useful to evaluate each specific hedge fund. How much leverage capital that can be used is decided by SFSA. Yet, the risks depend on the hedge fund manager rather than the investment strategy used. This, due to the fact that the hedge fund managers have an own interest in the hedge fund.
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Adlersson, Patrik, and Patrik Blomdahl. "Hedge Fund Style Allocation : A Risk Adjusted Fund of Hedge Fund Perspective." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Production Economics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2758.
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The purpose of the thesis has been to explore the use of hedge fund styles when constructing portfolios of hedge funds (i.e. funds of hedge funds). The central question is if the use of hedge fund styles can significantly explain and improve risk adjusted returns (characterized by Sharpe ratios). The study has been done in collaboration with Optimized Portfolio Management AB who desire further knowledge and evaluation of hedge fund styles for their fund of hedge funds.
To be able to create successful ex ante portfolios we have explored various prediction models for both risk and return. Our findings indicate that return prediction is problematic using simple models such as regression since the risk exposure of the indices appear to change significantly over time. One can however using exponentially weighted moving averages (EWMA) achieve relatively promising estimations of future returns.
Covariance matrix estimation seems to be more straightforward. We have achieved promising results using both traditional EWMA models as well as improved estimators using principal component analysis.Covariance prediction models were evaluated separately using a minimum-variance portfolio optimization technique and provided a significant risk reduction compared to the aggregated hedge fund universe (represented by a naively diversified portfolio). Combinations of risk and return prediction models were evaluated using traditional mean-variance portfolio construction methods, which were optimized for Sharpe ratios. These provided a significant increase in risk adjusted returns relative to the aggregated hedge fund universe. The allocation is however discouraging due to serious instability over time.
Our findings indicate that there indeed is an advantage of taking hedge fund styles into consideration when constructing funds of hedge funds in a risk adjusted perspective. However, further research into return prediction needs to be done in order to stabilize portfolio allocation. An alternative seems to be tactical style allocation on a more fundamental analysis basis.
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Xiao, Li. "Valuing Hedge Fund Fees." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2931.
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This thesis applies a Partial Integral Differential Equation model, along with a Monte Carlo approach to quantitatively analyze the no arbitrage value of hedge fund performance fees. From a no-arbitrage point of view, the investor in a hedge fund is providing a free option to the manager of the hedge fund. The no-arbitrage value of this option can be locked in by the hedge fund manager using a simple hedging strategy. Interpolation methods, grid construction techniques and parallel computation techniques are discussed to improve the performance of the numerical methods for valuing this option.
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Fernández, Suárez Ma Yolanda Praga Terente Inés. "Las "Hedge Schools" irlandesas." Burgos : Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Burgos, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10259/66.
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Spohn, Anna Margareta. "Helga Philipp eine Monografie." Wien Praesens-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2862182&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Atkins, Thiele Natalie Ann Downes Jeremy M. "Hedge Days-- 1981-1994." Auburn, Ala., 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/English/Thesis/Atkins%20Thiele_Natalie_5.pdf.
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Gerhardt, Markus. "Hedge Funds als Assetklasse /." Hamburg : Diplomica Verl, 2007. http://www.diplom.de/katalog/arbeit/10559.
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Gerhardt, Markus. "Hedge Funds als Assetklasse." Hamburg Diplomica-Verl, 2006. http://d-nb.info/987196537/04.
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MacDonald, Lynn M. (Lynn Marie). "Hedge fund structured products." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33556.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-63).
In the aftermath of the bear market and one of the most volatile periods in recent financial history, individual and institutional investors worldwide are reevaluating their asset allocation strategies. Interest in hedge funds and alternative investment styles is growing as investors realize these investments offer better return potential with relatively low correlation to traditional asset classes. However, returns of hedge funds have been somewhat lackluster recently, on average, and several factors indicate investors should expect similarly muted performance in the future. Hedge funds also expose investors to non-traditional risks, such as lack of transparency, lack of regulatory oversight, and limited liquidity. Structured products mitigate these risks and allow for flexibility in portfolio construction. They can help reduce the risk of an investment in exchange for a reduction in the potential upside. Additionally, they can provide a greater chance of a good return through the use of leverage. Because structured products can be designed to meet a variety of investment objectives they have become an increasingly popular way to gain exposure to and benefit from a variety of hedge fund strategies. The discussion of hedge funds and the ways in which structured products can be utilized to enhance return and mitigate risk is a broad and expansive topic. This paper is a primer on what hedge fund structured products are and how they can be used to enhance the risk/return profile of a portfolio. The focus is on the US market.
by Lynn M. MacDonald.
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Enderli, Daniel. "Kreditgeschäft von Hedge Funds." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/03604352002/$FILE/03604352002.pdf.
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Silva, Fernando Chiqueto da. "Hedge accounting no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12136/tde-27062014-182634/.
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Esta tese é motivada pelas recentes alterações das normas contábeis brasileiras, as quais passaram a requerer o reconhecimento, no resultado, da volatilidade causada pela mensuração ao valor justo de instrumentos derivativos. A prática contábil hedge accounting (HA) possibilita eliminar tal volatilidade. Investidores cobram prêmio de risco por resultados mais difíceis de serem previstos (Allayannis & Simko, 2010; Rountree, Weston, & Allayannis, 2008; Graham, Harvey, & Rajgopal, 2005; Thomas & Zhang, 2002; Allayannis & Weston, 2001; Michelson, Jordan, & Wootton, 1995), o que leva à hipótese H1: O custo de capital próprio (CCP) das companhias brasileiras é negativamente associado com instrumentos financeiros designados para fins de HA. O impacto da adoção do HA na volatilidade foi analisado com base em testes de comparação de médias. A associação entre CCP e HA foi analisada com base na abordagem de dados em painel. A amostra foi definida pelas empresas que compõem o índice Ibovespa e o período pelo intervalo de 31/12/2008 a 31/12/2012 (17 trimestres). Os resultados revelam fortes evidências de que a adoção do HA resultou em diminuição da volatilidade. Verificou-se redução da média da volatilidade de todas as proxies de retorno analisadas: ROE trimestral, ROE anual, ROA trimestral e ROA anual (respectivamente, redução de 63,8%, 40,4%, 20,9% e 11,9%). Também, os achados revelam forte associação negativa entre o CCP e instrumentos financeiros designados para fins de HA. Análises adicionais corroboram a robustez dos achados. Programas de remuneração baseada em opções de ações (PRBOA) aumentariam os incentivos para a administração tomar risco, pois maior risco aumentaria o valor das opções (Smith & Stulz, 1985; Tufano, 1996; Supanvanij & Strauss, 2006). Tal conjectura conduz à hipótese H2: A probabilidade de adoção (PA) de HA é negativamente associada com PRBOA. A PA de HA foi estimada com base em modelo de regressão logística, compreendendo as 100 maiores companhias brasileiras abertas por patrimônio líquido. Verificou-se que a PA do HA é positivamente associada com PRBOA, o que contraria a hipótese de pesquisa, suportada pela teoria das finanças (Supanvanij & Strauss, 2006). Reportar resultados voláteis reduz o valor de mercado das ações devido à aversão a incertezas por parte de investidores e analistas (Allayannis & Weston, 2001; Thomas & Zhang, 2002; Graham et al., 2005; Hodder, 2006 et al.; Rountree et al., 2008; Allayannis & Simko, 2010). Portanto, ao adotar HA, a administração maximizaria sua remuneração, pois o preço da ação subjacente aumentaria com a diminuição da volatilidade dos resultados contábeis, o que justificaria tais achados. Os resultados também revelam que a PA do HA é positivamente associada com captações no exterior, retorno sobre ativos, faturamento em moeda estrangeira, tamanho, investimentos no exterior, nível de endividamento e quando a companhia é emissora de American Depository Receipts (ADR) ou instituição financeira. Meta de resultado projetada por analistas é um importante indicador de performance da administração (Graham et al., 2005; Choi, Walker, & Young, 2006). HA é uma prática contábil voluntária. Logo, a discricionariedade em relação à decisão sobre adotar ou revogar o HA leva à hipótese de pesquisa H3: Os efeitos contábeis decorrentes da designação e revogação do HA contribuem para maior aderência entre metas de resultado e o resultado contábil do trimestre em que ocorreu a designação inicial ou revogação da relação de HA. As técnicas estatísticas utilizadas foram análise descritiva e testes de comparação de médias. A amostra é definida pelas empresas que compõem o índice Ibovespa (período de 31/12/2008 a 31/12/2012). Para coleta manual dos dados foram revisadas 1.017 demonstrações financeiras. Não foram encontradas evidências de que a adoção inicial ou revogação do HA tenha contribuído para atingir oportunisticamente a meta de resultado projetada por analistas ou o resultado do mesmo período do ano anterior. Também não foram encontrados indícios de que empresas tenham mudado oportunisticamente o resultado contábil de prejuízo para lucro em virtude da adoção ou revogação do HA.This thesis is inspired by recent changes in the Brazilian accounting standards, which now require the volatility caused by the fair value measurement of derivatives to be recorded in profit or loss. Hedge accounting (HA) can be used to eliminate such volatility. Investors charge a risk premium for earnings that are more difficult to forecast (Allayannis & Simko, 2010; Rountree, Weston, & Allayannis, 2008; Hodder, 2006; Graham, Harvey, & Rajgopal, 2005; Thomas & Zhang, 2002; Allayannis & Weston, 2001; Michelson, Jordan, & Wootton, 1995), which leads to hypothesis H1: Cost of equity (CE) of Brazilian companies is negatively associated with financial instruments designated for HA purposes. The impact of HA adoption on earnings volatility was investigated on the basis of means comparison tests. The association between CE and HA was analysed on the basis of panel data approach. The sample is defined by the entities which compose the Ibovespa index and the period analysed by the interval from 31/12/2008 to 31/12/2012 (17 quarters). The findings reveal strong evidences that the HA adoption resulted in reduction of earnings volatility. A reduction was observed in the average earnings volatility for all proxies of return analysed: quarterly ROE, annual ROE, quarterly ROA and annual ROA (decreases of 63.8%, 40.4%, 20.9% and 11.9%, respectively). The findings also reveal a strong negative association between CE and financial instruments designated for HA purposes. Additional analysis corroborate the robustness of such findings. Programs of option-based compensation (POBC) would increase management\'s appetite for risk, given that more risk would increase options\' market price (Smith & Stulz, 1985; Tufano, 1996; Supanvanij & Strauss, 2006). Such conjecture leads to hypothesis H2: The probability of adoption (PA) of HA is negatively associated with POBC. The PA of HA was estimated based on logistic regression model, comprising the 100 biggest Brazilian companies in terms of equity. It was found that PA of HA is positively associated with POBC, contradicting the research hypothesis supported by the finance theory (Supanvanij & Strauss, 2006). Reporting volatile earnings reduces the options\' market value due to the aversion of investors and analysts to uncertainties (Allayannis & Weston, 2001; Thomas & Zhang, 2002; Graham et al., 2005; Hodder et al, 2006; Rountree et al., 2008; Allayannis & Simko, 2010). Therefore, when adopting HA management would maximize its compensation, because the market value of the underlying stock would increase as a result of the decrease in earnings volatility, thereby justifying such findings. The results also reveal that PA of HA is positively associated with outstanding foreign debt, return on assets, revenue denominated in foreign currency, size, investments in foreign currency, indebtedness ratio and when the entity is American Depository Receipts (ADR) issuer or financial institution. Analysts\' earnings forecasts are one of management\'s most important performance indicators (Graham et al., 2005; Choi, Walker, & Young, 2006). Therefore, management\'s discretion on the decision of adopting or discontinuing HA leads to the research hypothesis H3: The accounting effects caused by the initial designation and de-designation of HA increase the consistency between analysts\' earnings forecasts and quarterly profit or loss in which the designation or de-designation of HA occurred. The analysis is based on descriptive statistics and means comparison tests. The sample is defined by the entities which composed the Ibovespa index (in the period from 31/12/2008 to 31/12/2012). Data was manually collected from 1.017 financial statements. The findings reveal no evidence that the initial designation and de-designation of HA have contributed to opportunistically meeting or beating analysts\' earnings forecasts or the profit or loss of the same period in the previous year. The findings also show no evidence that entities had opportunistically changed loss to profit due to designation or de-designation of HA.
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Qian, Jing. "Evaluation of Hedge Funds Performance." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/math_theses/15.
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Hedge funds are private investment funds characterized by unconventional strategies. This thesis employed multi-factor CAPM to evaluate the performance, or manager skill of hedge funds investment segments by using CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Indices from January 1994 to September 2005. The performance evaluation is based on the concept of ¡°Jansen¡¯s alpha¡±, which is estimated by applying Generalized Method of Moment. The finding is that hedge funds industry in general displayed the ability to outperform market proxy. Global Macro shows the strongest manager skill, followed by Event Driven, Equity Market Neutral and Long/Short Equity. This thesis also investigates the consistency of hedge funds performance over market environment. It was discovered that the hedge funds industry in general and all the sub-category investment segments except Convertibly Arbitrage, Emerging Market and Fix income Arbitrage displayed the ability to cushion the impact of financial shocks.
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Nhogue, Wabo Blanche Nadege. "Hedge Funds and Survival Analysis." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26257.
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Using data from Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR), this study adapts and expands
on existing methods in survival analysis in an attempt to investigate whether hedge
funds mortality can be predicted on the basis of certain hedge funds characteristics.
The main idea is to determine the characteristics which contribute the most to the
survival and failure probabilities of hedge funds and interpret them. We establish hazard
models with time-independent covariates, as well as time-varying covariates to interpret
the selected hedge funds characteristics. Our results show that size, age, performance,
strategy, annual audit, fund offshore and fund denomination are the characteristics that
best explain hedge fund failure. We find that 1% increase in performance decreases
the hazard by 3.3%, the small size and the less than 5 years old hedge funds are the
most likely to die and the event-driven strategy is the best to use as compare to others.
The risk of death is 0.668 times lower for funds who indicated that an annual audit
is performed as compared to the funds who did not indicated that an annual audit is
performed. The risk of death for the offshore hedge funds is 1.059 times higher than the
non-offshore hedge funds.
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Lu, Sa. "Portfolio diversification with hedge funds." Thesis, University of Reading, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442422.
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Gysi, Davide. "Style-Analysis von Hedge Funds." St. Gallen, 2005. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01650548001/$FILE/01650548001.pdf.
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Schaub, Nic. "Persistence of Hedge Fund Performance." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02060515001/$FILE/02060515001.pdf.
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Schoehl, Georg Ludwig. "Performance Persistence von Hedge-Fonds." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/03605615002/$FILE/03605615002.pdf.
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Khanniche, Sabrina. "Les risques des hedge funds." Thesis, Paris 10, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA100159.
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Les hedge funds ont fait leur place dans le paysage financier. Ils se sont fermement imposés au cours de cette décennie. La perspective de rendements décorrélés a trouvé écho auprès des investisseurs, secoués après la crise de la bulle internet et partis à la recherche de rendements nouveaux. Afin de répondre à leur objectif, ils s’exposent à l’ensemble des marchés du globe, mais prennent part également à la vie des entreprises. Ils ont recours à une large palette d’instruments financiers. Les sources de risque sont donc hétérogènes, multiples et parfois interconnectées. Ces risques sont par ailleurs amplifiés du levier. Ainsi dans une situation normale, les hedge funds ont des performances supérieures, puisqu’ils exhibent des rendements bien plus attrayants, que ceux des classes d’actifs traditionnelles. Cependant, les hedge fund sont soumis à des risques de pertes extrêmes lorsque des chocs défavorables se produisent sur les marchés. Il est donc nécessaire de rendre compte de manière plus adéquate du risque des hedge funds. A ce titre, la Value at Risk est une alternative intéressante, lorsque le modèle de volatilité est plus sophistiqué que la mesure standard de la volatilité et le quantile retenu pour son estimation dépasse le cadre de la loi normale. L’analyse dynamique des hedge funds met en évidence l’existence d’un régime extrême vers lequel tendent les hedge funds dans le cas d’un retournement de marchéHedge funds are getting more and more importance. Fuelled by the prospect of returns disconnected from global markets, a wide range of investors have sought exposure to hedge funds, especially after the losses caused by the dot com bubble. They invest in a wide range of markets as well as in companies. The underlying risks are heterogeneous, varied and sometimes interconnected. Furthermore, those risks are magnified by leverage hedge funds undertake. When markets are normal, hedge funds are able to generate returns more attractive than those provided by traditional assets. However, they exhibit an extreme losses risk when markets go suddenly down. Thus, it is important to have an idea of those risks and think about a more accurate measure of hedge fund risks. We thus take into account Value at Risk for which volatility is evaluated in a better manner and quantile retained is different from the normal law. The dynamic analysis of hedge funds suggest that their returns are exposed to an extreme regime when markets go down
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Leppänen, M. (Mikael). "Performance of emerging hedge funds." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201809052708.
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The aim of this master’s thesis is to provide further evidence on the performance of emerging hedge funds and on the differences, they may have compared with the older and larger hedge funds. We study the style-adjusted alphas of emerging hedge funds relative to similar hedge funds that employ the same strategies. We also inspect the associated performance persistence, size effects and strategy differences within our emerging hedge fund population. The prior literature on the performance of emerging hedge fund suggests that emerging funds are able to provide significant alpha during their early operational life’s when compared with the more established hedge funds. Existing literature has associated emerging hedge funds with characteristics of being nimbler in their investment strategies and fee structures.
In this thesis, we have collected our data from two commercial hedge fund databases. These databases were Lipper TASS and HFR, where we collected all the fund related data from 1996 until 2011 in TASS and from 1996 until 2017 in HFR. Based on these two databases we have formed a combined data sample, where we have all the unique funds from both databases. The main analysis of the thesis is based on style-adjusted alphas and we employ two types of time alignment methods, where the first one is based on the event time and the second one is based on cohorts formed by the calendar years.
Our first evidence suggests that findings of prior literature on performance of emerging hedge funds have deteriorated in magnitude. We find that style-adjusted performance of emerging funds is substantially lower than previous literature has suggested. In our cohort analysis, we noticed that emerging hedge funds are subject to over time deteriorating performance and they were only able to provide positive style-adjusted alpha during the first year of their operations. In our data, the mid-sized funds performed the best during the launch instead of the larger funds that usually have been seen to perform the best during the initial launch. Our second finding indicates that the emerging hedge funds have not been able to provide a positive style-adjusted alpha after the financial crisis of 2008. Thirdly, we find evidence that when dividing emerging hedge funds into broad strategy classifications, the directional traders classification was the only strategy classification among emerging hedge funds that were able to deliver positive average alpha during our time series. This finding suggests that the positive style-adjusted performance that we saw for our whole emerging hedge fund return series is driven to a great extent by this sub-sample of emerging hedge funds and do not represent the whole industry of emerging funds.
Based on the findings of this thesis, investors who allocate capital towards emerging funds and managers, would be able to achieve higher relative returns and diversification benefits compared with the more established hedge funds, if they focus on investing in emerging hedge funds that belong to directional traders broad strategy classification, as the whole emerging hedge funds industry has not been able to deliver relative alpha. Therefore, allocating capital broadly towards emerging hedge funds is not a valid investment strategy to diversify existing hedge fund portfolio unlike prior literature may have suggested.
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DeVault, Luke, and Richard Sias. "Hedge fund politics and portfolios." ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623039.
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Consistent with the well-documented relation between political orientation and psychological traits, hedge funds' political orientations are related to their portfolio decisions. Relative to politically conservative hedge funds, politically liberal hedge funds exhibit a preference for smaller stocks, less mature companies, volatile stocks, unprofitable companies, non-dividend paying companies, and lottery-type securities. Politically liberal hedge funds are also more likely to enter new positions or fully exit existing positions, and make larger adjustments to their U.S. equity market exposure. Our results suggest that psychological characteristics can influence the portfolio decisions of even those at the very top of the financial sophistication ladder.
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Kim, Hye Soon. "Hedda Gabler : a Korean translation." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26858.
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Western plays were introduced to Korea in the early twentieth century. Although the Japanese cultural influence was evident in the interpretations, as the plays were initially translated into Japanese and performed by Japanese theatre, those productions of Western plays gave Korean theatre lovers a new insight about different conventions and traditions of Western plays. The strong influence of Western plays, particularly Realism, was dominant in playwrighting and production. Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House has proved to be one of the most influential foreign pieces of literature in Korea. In the cultural and social climate of Korea during the 1920's, the character Nora became a revolutionary figure who slammed shut the door to her house and marriage to go out into the world. She was worshipped and idolized by Korean readers—by both genders—who eagerly longed to leave the realm of their suffocating morality. There have been various Korean versions of Nora appearing in Korean plays and other literature, as a result of the strong impact of Nora in Korea.
In the plays of the 1930's, Korean versions of Nora were given two choices: one was to slam shut the door to the male-dominant society, the other to kill herself, which is a somewhat Korean manifestation of Hedda Gabler. Although there was no record of translation of Hedda Gabler into Korean during the 1930's period, Hedda Gabler has been performed recently in Korea by various Korean theatre groups.
The aim of this Korean translation of Hedda Gabler is to provide Korean readers and audiences with a faithful and competent translation as well as to promote a better understanding of Hedda Gabler. In spite of the wide cultural distance, Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House appeal to Korean readers and audiences. Neither Nora nor Hedda has the same predicament and qualification as a Korean woman, but their spiritual aspiration is similar to that of a Korean woman. There exists no private measurement to remedy their dilemma. However, Hedda's spiritual battle and the palpable consequence of her struggle still need to be told to Korean readers and audiences. In the course of the translation work, this need has been strongly sustained and the writer hopes this translation will be useful in Korea.Arts, Faculty of
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Kairalla, Julio Cesar. "Avaliação do risco e o impacto do hedge simultâneo de preços e câmbio para o exportador de café no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11132/tde-14122015-092754/.
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Este trabalho tem como analisa principal a estratégia de hedge para o exportador de café nas principais regiões brasileiras, utilizando o modelo tradicional de hedge de variância mínima para a receita. São propostas quatro estratégias: sem hedge, hedge de preço do café, hedge de câmbio e hedge simultâneo de preço do café e câmbio. Chega-se à conclusão que a estratégia de hedge simultâneo de preços e câmbio é mais efetiva em diminuir a variância da receita do produtor em relação a outras estratégias analisadas. A redução do risco de taxa de câmbio, em conjunto com o risco de preços é importante para a gestão estratégica dos exportadores de commodities.This thesis aims to analyze the hedging strategies for coffee export in the main Brazilian regions, using the traditional model of minimum variance hedge. In this way, four hedging strategies were proposed: no hedge, hedge coffee prices, exchange hedge and hedge simultaneous coffee prices and exchange rates. The result show that the hedging strategy of simultaneous price and exchange is more effective in reducing the variance of revenue producer comparing with other strategies analyzed. Reducing the risk of exchange rate, together with the price risk is important for the strategic management of commodity exporters.
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Mattes, Achim [Verfasser]. "Three Essays on Hedge Fund Risk Taking, Hedge Fund Herding, and Audit Experts / Achim Mattes." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1058825747/34.
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Silva, Andréia Regina Oliveira da. "A efetividade do hedge e do cross-hedge de contratos futuros para soja e derivados." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2001. http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/10973.
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A Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros - BM&F, única bolsa do Brasil onde compradores e vendedores transacionam contratos futuros, negociadores de produtos agrícolas efetuar operações de hedge permite aos nos mercados futuros de café arábica, boi gordo, soja, açúcar, algodão, milho e álcool. Dessa forma, o objetivo principal deste estudo é examinar a viabilidade de se utilizar o contrato de soja em grão na Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros - BM&F, como forma de gerenciamento de risco dos traders de grãos, farelo e óleo de soja ou, alternativamente, fazer um hedge na Chicago Board of Trade - CBOT. No âmbito teórico, enfoca-se a teoria do portfólio aplicada aos mercados futuros e utiliza-se um modelo empírico de minimização de risco que leva em conta as variâncias e covariâncias condicionais às informações disponíveis no momento da tomada de decisão do hedger. De posse deste instrumental, estima-se a razão ótima do hedge e, posteriormente, utilizando-se dessa razão, calcula-se a efetividade do hedge A partir dessas estimações, com base na relação de preços ex-post para os três intervalos de tempo analisados (diário, semanal e bissemanal), concluiu-se que as estratégias de cross-hedge, utilizando o contrato futuro da soja da BM&F, é um instrumento com baixa efetividade de administração do risco. Para o farelo de soja, apesar da baixa efetividade, constatou-se total vantagem nas operações de hedge com o contrato de farelo de Chicago. Quanto ao óleo de soja, também apesar de algumas exceções, os resultados foram mais favoráveis ao hedge feito na CBOT. que negociam a Já para os agentes soja em grão, o contrato futuro de soja em grão na bolsa nacional apresenta altos níveis de efetividade em detrimento da bolsa estrangeira. Para ambas as bolsas, as regiões de Ponta Grossa e Cascavel destacam-se com os maiores níveis de minimização da variação da receita para as operações de hedge de soja.
The Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros - BM&F, is the only exchange market in Brazil where buyers and sellers future contracts do business, allowing the negotiators of agricultural products to make a of hedge in the futures markets of Arabian coffee, cattle beef, soybean, sugar, cotton, corn and alcohol focus on soybean, the main objective of this study is to examine the viability of using the contract of soybean in grain in the Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros - BM&F, as form of risk management of traders of soybean, soybean meal and soybean oil or, alternatively, making a hedge in the Chicago Board of Trade - CBOT. In the theoretical scope, the study focus on the theory the portfolio applied to the futures markets and is used an empirical model of risk minimization that takes into account the conditional variances and covariances to the available information at the moment of taking the decision of hedging. The optimum hedge ratio and the of hedge were estimated using daily, weekly and biweekly prices. It was concluded that the strategies of cross-hedge, using the future contract of soybean of BM&F, is an instrument with low effectiveness of management of risk. For soybean meal, despite the low effectiveness of hedge, advantage in the operations of hedge with the contract of soybean meal of Chicago was evidenced. For soybean oil, although with some exceptions, the results showed more favorable to hedge made in the CBOT. however for the agents who negotiate the soybean in grain, the future contract of soybean in grain in the national exchange market presents higher levels of effectiveness compared to the foreign exchange market. For both exchange markets, the regions of Grossa Ponta and Cascavel are distinguished with the biggest levels of minimization of variation of income for the operations of hedge of soybean.
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Lee, Dong-Joon. "Persistence of performance of the hedge funds : an empirical study from 1994 to 2007 /." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1451075.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007."December, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-30). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2008]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.
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Börjesson, Oscar, and Sebastian Rezwanul HaQ. "Do hedge funds yield greater risk-adjusted rate of returns than mutual funds?A quantitative study comparing hedge funds to mutual funds and hedge fund strategies." Thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-146730.
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In recent times, the popularity of hedge funds has undoubtedly increased. There are shared opinions on whether hedge funds generate absolute rates of returns and whether they provide a strong alternative investment to mutual funds. This thesis aims to examine whether hedge funds with different investment strategies create absolute returns and if certain investment strategies outperform others. This thesis compares hedge funds risk-adjusted rate of return towards mutual funds, such as mutual funds, to see if certain investment strategies are more lucrative than the corresponding investments in terms of excess returns to corresponding indices. An econometric approach was applied to search for significant differences in risk-adjusted returns of hedge funds in contrast to mutual funds. Our results show that Swedish hedge funds do not generate as high risk-adjusted returns as Swedish mutual funds. In regard to the best performing hedge fund strategy, the results are inconclusive. Also, we do not find any evidence that hedge funds violate the effective market hypothesis.Hedgefonder har den senaste tiden ökat i popularitet. Samtidigt finns det delade meningar huruvida hedgefonder genererar absolutavkastning och om de fungerar som bra alternativ till traditionella fonder. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka huruvida hedgefonder skapar absolutavkastning samt om det finns investeringsstrategier som presterar bättre än andra. Denna uppsats jämför hedgefonders riskjusterade avkastning med traditionella fonder, för att på sätt se om en viss investeringsstrategi ar mer lukrativ i termer av överavkastning i förhållande till motsvarande index. Vi har använt ekonometriska metoder för att söka efter statistiskt signifikanta skillnader mellan avkastningen för hedgefonder och traditionella fonder. Våra resultat visar att svenska hedgefonder inte genererar högre risk-justerade avkastningar än svenska aktiefonder. Våra resultat visar inga signifikanta skillnader vad gäller avkastning mellan olika strategier. Slutligen finner vi heller inga bevis för att hedgefonder går emot den effektiva marknadshypotesen
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Bieri, Annett. "Replication of Hedge Fund Investment Returns Risk and return comparison of recent Hedge Fund replication products /." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02601805002/$FILE/02601805002.pdf.
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Hornung, Helga [Verfasser]. "Örtliche Finanzkontrolle als Innovationsfaktor / Helga Hornung." Kassel : Kassel University Press, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1065323069/34.
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Fri, Samuel, and Joakim Nilsson. "Risk management in Swedish hedge funds." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15235.
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Background: Risk management has always been a complex topic, especially when it comes to hedge funds. Since hedge funds are able to utilize many kinds of financial instruments it is difficult to find a risk management strategy that goes well with them. Not much research regarding the Swedish hedge fund industry and its risk management has been done; hence we find it an interesting topic to focus this thesis on. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the knowledge of how Swedish hedge fund managers perceive and manage different types of risk and how they construct their portfolios with regards to risk management. We also want to investigate how risk measurements are used when it comes to risk management and how valid they are when applied to hedge funds. Method: In this thesis a combination of exploratory and descriptive research strategies are used. The research method used is the inductive method. A qualitative study is performed as well as a semi-structured interview technique. Conclusion: We conclude that the definitions of risk are ambiguous and differed greatly between the hedge fund managers. The risk in the hedge funds is managed differently depending on manager’s opinion regarding the nature and controllability of risk. We found that all managers agree on that risk is controllable to some degree but that there are always limits and that an uncertainty aspect is at all times present in a portfolio. The fund managers have to use their experience and knowledge in conjunction with an active risk management to run an efficient hedge fund. We conclude that all managers realize the importance of risk management, not only as a tool to achieve superior returns but also as an incentive for investors to choose their hedge fund over others. We conclude that hedge fund managers believe that there is a need for restrictions and limits within their funds. It can be argued that by enforcing and following restrictions and limits the fund has established a foundation to build its risk management and investment philosophy upon. The larger hedge funds relied on strict enforcement of their rules and guidelines and had a high degree of hierarchy; the managers of the smaller hedge funds seemed to have a higher degree of freedom and a less complicated investment process. We also find that the smaller a firm is the less enthusiasm is expressed regarding the usage of the different risk variables in their risk management and it is expressed to be more of a demand from different stakeholders. We conclude also that even though the risk measurements are used mostly in the larger firms one is still aware that they are not able to capture all the risks. Their validity is questioned by all sizes of firms.
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Nordtveit, Audun, and Kim Thomassen Watle. "Toward hedge ratios for hydropower production." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-20913.
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The electricity price and production volume determine the revenue of a hydropower producer. Inflow variations to hydro reservoirs and high price volatility result in significant cash flow uncertainty. A copula-based Monte Carlo model is used to relate price and production volume, and to find optimal hedge ratios through minimization of risk measures such as variance, hedge effectiveness, cash flow at risk and conditional cash flow at risk. All risk measures argue for an optimal hedge ratio between 35 and 60\% of expected production. The highest risk reduction is achieved by the use of forward contracts with long time to maturity, but at the expense of a low risk premium. Conversely, short-term futures and forwards only provide marginal risk reduction, but can yield attractive positive risk premiums. These findings underline the importance of distinguishing the use of derivative contracts for speculation and hedging purposes, through positions in short-term and long-term contracts respectively.
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Garvert, Stacie. "Performance of female hedge fund managers." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/548.
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Strömqvist, Maria. "Hedge funds and international capital flows /." Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics (EFI), 2008. http://www2.hhs.se/efi/summary/743.htm.
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Raible, Helga [Verfasser]. "Trypsinogenaktivationspeptid bei akuter Pankreatitis / Helga Raible." Ulm : Universität Ulm. Medizinische Fakultät, 2002. http://d-nb.info/1015323847/34.
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Kaeser, Peter. "Risikomanagement von Fixed Income Hedge Fonds." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02603512002/$FILE/02603512002.pdf.
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Rüfenacht, Mark. "Rechnungslegung und Prüfung von Hedge-Fonds." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02600195002/$FILE/02600195002.pdf.
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Strömqvist, Maria. "Hedge funds and international capital flows." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Finansiell Ekonomi (FI), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-465.
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This thesis consists of four chapters that investigate the performance and capital flows of hedge funds. The first two chapters of the thesis focus on hedge funds that have a pure emerging market strategy. Hedge funds should be well equipped to take advantage of opportunities in emerging markets due to their flexibility in investment strategy and lockup periods. However, the results show that, at the strategy level, emerging market hedge funds have only generated risk-adjusted returns in the most recent years of the sample period. Although emerging market hedge funds have performed poorly in the past, an important finding is the upward trend over time in performance. Given that other hedge fund strategies have a declining trend in alpha during the same period, the emerging market strategy may be where future alpha can be found. The third chapter investigates if there are capacity constraints in hedge fund strategies. The idea is that the alpha opportunities in the markets are limited. Thus, the more capital coming in to hedge funds, the higher competition for the investment opportunities. The findings reveal that mainly strategies that rely on liquidity in their underlying market show evidence of capacity constraints. That is, high past capital flows have a negative effect on current risk-adjusted returns. The last chapter investigates the out-of-sample performance of five allocation models relative to an equally weighted portfolio, when optimizing over hedge fund strategies. The findings show that for hedge fund investors the naive allocation model (1/N) with equal weights in each asset is not an efficient allocation. The risk-adjusted performance can be improved by using an optimal sample-based allocation model. Moreover, significant improvement in out-of-sample alpha can be made if the investor optimizes over non-systematic returns instead of total returns, which is an important results for investors seeking alpha.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2008
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Klinger, Christian Müller Bernhard. "Von Hedge-Fonds und Value Premium /." Bern : [s.n.], 2006. http://www.wirtschaft.bfh.ch/uploads/tx_frppublikationen/klinchri.pdf.
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Ramirez, Jaime Hugo. "Optimal decisions in illiquid hedge funds." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/optimal-decisions-in-illiquid-hedge-funds(2147e116-7ac6-4a56-afe1-e45f482aa329).html.
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During the work of this research project we were interested in mathematical techniques that give us an insight to the following questions: How do we understand the trading decisions made by a manager of a hedge fund and what influences these decisions? In what way does an illiquid market affect these decisions and the performance of the fund? And how does the payment scheme affect the investor's decisions? Based on existing work on hedge fund management, we start with a fund that can be modelled with one risky investment and one riskless investment. Next, subject to the hedge fund special reward scheme we maximise the expected utility of wealth of the manager, by controlling the percentage invested in the risky investment, namely the portfolio. We use stochastic control techniques to derive a partial differential equation (PDE) and numerically obtain its corresponding viscosity solution, which provides a weak notion of solutions to these PDEs. This is then taken to a liquidity constrained scenario, to compare the behaviour of the two scenarios. Using the same approach as before we notice that due to the liquidity restriction we cannot use a simple model to combine the risky and riskless investments as a total amount, and hence the PDE is one order higher than before. We then model an investor who is investing in the hedge fund subject to the manager's optimal portfolio decisions, with similar mathematical tools as before. Comparisons between the investor's expected utility of wealth and the utility of having the money invested in the risk-free investment suggests that, in some cases, the investor is paying more to the manager than the return he is receiving for having invested in the hedge fund, compared to a risk-free investment. For that reason we propose a strategic game where the manager's action is to allocate the money between the two assets and the investor's action is to add money to the fund when he expects profit. The result is that the investor profits from the option to reinvest in the fund, although in some extreme cases the actions of the manager make the investor receive a negative value for having the option.
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He, Yazhou. "Institutional investors and hedge fund activism." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/102339/.
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This thesis studies the institutional investor background in order to understand the working of hedge fund activism: how institutional investors affect hedge fund activists target selection and how activists share information and build alliances through social connections to achieve their goals. Chapter 2 utilizes a rich literature on institutional investors' governance roles and develops simple measures of institutional discontent expressed through holding, trading and voice channels, to predict hedge fund activism target selection. Discontent expressed through all three channels leads to subsequent targeting. Medium sized dissatisfied owners and sellers seem to be the main driving force, and institutions' discretionary disagreements on management compensation and governance related proposals have the highest explanatory power among other voice channels. Activists are more likely to gain higher announcement returns and threaten to take hostile actions against management with more discontented institutional investors in the target companies. Discontented institutions are more likely to vote pro-activist in the subsequent annual meetings after campaigns. Chapter 3 uses a social network framework to study information dissemination during activist campaigns. Actively managed funds whose managers are socially connected to the lead activist are more likely to increase their ownership in the target firms around the activist disclosure. In the cross sectional analysis, we find that the effect is stronger if the activists have better track records and if the ties are established via club membership, charity works, and other small circles. Connected institutions also earn significantly higher announcement returns relative to non-connected funds. The presence of connected institutions contributes to the activist's campaign success. Additional tests are performed to rule out alternative explanations such as fund manager ability or similarity in portfolio choices. Chapter 4 goes one step further to study alliance building among activist investors and institutional investors during the campaign period. A socially connected institution is 1.1 percentage points more likely to increase its ownership in the target firm during the campaign period, compared to funds that are not socially connected to the activist. We use a subsample that includes all institutions subject to M&As before activism events to identify plausibly exogenous shocks to social connections and find similar results. Furthermore, connected institutions also perform significantly better on their investments than non-connected institutions and they are more likely to vote pro-activist in routine proposals, especially director election proposals. The effect is stronger if connected institutions also purchase target stocks during a campaign. The thesis contributes to the literature by developing measures of revealed institutional governance preference based on theoretical and survey evidence in the literature. It also uncovers a channel through which hedge fund activists share information and build alliances and push for corporate changes facilitated by mutual benefits amongst their fellow institutional allies.
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Shorett, Mark 1976. "Hedge cities : gambling on regional futures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17706.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2004.Also issued in pages with b&w images. Page 170 blank.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-169).
Environmental degradation, automobile dependence, anticipated rapid population growth and spatial inequity have combined to form the basis for recent North American regional plans advocating a physical alternative to diffuse, uncoordinated development. To provide a physical place in which development can be re-channeled, a number of regions have promoted a network of sub-regional centers in designated locations along existing or planned rapid transit lines. These centers are the urban embodiment of an ecologically sustainable, economically diverse, pedestrian-oriented region in which a variety of housing types is available, jobs are located close to population centers, and social groups are less stratified in enclaves dominated by a single form of development. This paper critically assesses the planning, design and development of designated regional centers in North America during the past two decades, focusing specifically on the promotion of regional centers for Metropolitan Portland, Oregon and Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. Through case studies, comparative analysis, and assessment of real estate trends and urban design, the paper provides a window into the initial success of intentional centers in both regions. Design and development outcomes across the centers of both regions vary dramatically, but a number of consistent themes emerged from the research: the number and size of sub-regional centers planned for both regions appears far too ambitious;
(cont.) a lack of market analysis prior to the designation of centers can presage their failure; limited local and regional support in curtailing traditional suburban forms of development that compete with centers has reduced their attraction; and the consistency of local planning approaches - both to centers and other parts of the region - appears to influence the success of centers. The paper argues that a more refined approach balancing multiple growth forecasts, aggressive coordination of transportation and land use, the unique geometries of individual places and political considerations must be taken to the formulation and implementation of plans for centers if they are to truly emerge as the new nuclei for economic and cultural activities in the suburbs of North American regions. Future directions for research suggested by this paper include closer analysis of the viability of various plan-making processes, the relationship between different modes of public transit, land use regulations and transit-oriented development, and the role of local morphologies in supporting or impeding the implementation of regional planning objectives.
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Jain, Sameer 1967. "An empirical study of hedge funds." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8009.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-79).
Hedge Funds are one of the fastest growing, yet least understood, category of alternate investment vehicles. They are pooled investment vehicles that use leverage, short-selling, dynamic hedging and derivatives to implement investment strategies significantly different from the non-leveraged, long-only approach traditionally followed by investors. This Thesis explores and validates characteristics, attributes and behavior of the generic category of Hedge Funds by researching academic and empirical studies available in the public domain. It traces the dramatic growth of the Hedge Fund industry in recent times as well as the regulatory environment governing the industry. The findings of this study assess a variety of Hedging styles and strategies that have proliferated in recent years by building on practitioner and academic research. We further examine the risk return profile of Hedge Funds, effective diversification and portfolio allocation decisions. The results of our study offer a thorough explanation of issues essential to Hedge Fund investment and their usefulness as an alternative asset class in both institutional and private portfolios.
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Gong, Yuhui. "Hedge Funds' Performance Fees and Investments." Digital WPI, 2017. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/410.
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The high-water mark provision in hedge fund managers' compensation raises concerns of investors, because they are worried about that fund managers would take unnecessarily high risk in the fund investment. In this paper, we theoretically analyze the optimal strategies for hedge fund managers who choose to maximize the expected power utility from fees in both discrete-time and continuous- time models. The results show that when approaching the fee payment date, hedge fund managers would take as much risk as they are allowed to in the fund investment. However, if hedge fund managers are given more time, they tend to be more conservative. In the continuous-time model, the optimal allocation of the fund in the risky asset depends on market conditions, which are measured by the state price density.
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Stoll-Davey, Camille. "Global comparison of hedge fund regulations." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d08de3ea-6818-46cf-96b1-1bbb785a7504.
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The regulation of hedge funds has been at the centre of a global policy debate for much of the past decade. Several factors feature in this debate including the magnitude of current global investments in hedge funds and the potential of hedge funds to both generate wealth and destabilise financial markets. The first part of the thesis describes the nature of hedge funds and locates the work in relation to four elements in existing theory including regulatory competition theory, the concept of differential mobility as identified by Musgrave, Kane’s concept of the regulatory dialectic between regulators and regulatees, and the concept of unique sets of trust and confidence factors that individual jurisdictions convey to the market. It also identifies a series of questions that de-limit the scope of the present work. These include whether there is evidence that regulatory competition occurs in the context of the provision of domicile for hedge funds, what are the factors which account for the current global distribution of hedge fund domicile, what latitude for regulatory competition is available to jurisdictions competing to provide the domicile for hedge funds, how is such latitude shaped by factors intrinsic and extrinsic to the competing jurisdictions, and why do the more powerful onshore jurisdictions competing to provide the domicile for hedge funds not shut down their smaller and weaker competitors? The second part of the thesis examines the regulatory environment for hedge funds in three so-called offshore jurisdictions, specifically the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands, as well as two onshore jurisdictions, specifically the United Kingdom and the United States. The final section presents a series of conclusions and their implications for both regulatory competition theory and policy.
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Xavier, Karine Diniz. "Hedge com diversificação de atividades agropecuárias." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2013. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/3143.
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This study presents an instrument for farmers and general users to mitigate the risk on the agricultural market. Such instrument refers to different portfolios from a table composed of several agricultural activities. These portfolios are accompanied by its risk and monthly operating payback, along with optimal allocation of its financial resources and the area of rural property for each activity. Whence, eight agricultural activities economically relevant to the State of Goiás were primarily selected (cotton, rice, beef cattle, bean, corn, soybean, sorghum and tomato) and the monthly medium prices series received by farmers were researched at the Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento – Conab. Also, the series of operational costs per hectare were collected from the Federação da Agricultura e Pecuária de Goiás – Faeg. Posteriorly, the operating payback of each related activity was calculated and checked the stationarity of the payback series. After confirmed the stationarity of the time series, the volatility of the payback series from each activity was analyzed. Then was calculated the matrix of correlation between the activities payback on the study and the model of linear programming, which has the equation proposed by Markowitz (1952) as objective function in order to minimize the portfolio risk. The results show portfolios with combinations of two, three, four, five and six agricultural activities. It was possible to check that Portfolio 1, composed by corn and soybean activities, showed greater level of monthly operational payback, 15.70%, to a risk of 2.79%. The Portfolio 6, composed by tomato and beef cattle activities, offer a minor level of risk when compared to other portfolios, 0.35%, to a monthly operational payback of 3.33%. The choice of the best portfolio is done when the user takes into account the level of risk which he or she is able to face. It was also possible to check that the activity diversification promotes the reduction of the non-systemic risk until a certain limit amount of agricultural activities in the portfolio. The Efficient Frontiers showed each combination of risk and payback that makes up the portfolio, further offering great resource allocations (land and capital).
Este estudo apresenta um instrumento para produtores rurais e usuários em geral para mitigação do risco no mercado agropecuário. Tal instrumento se refere a uma tabela com diferentes portfólios compostos por diferentes atividades agropecuárias, acompanhados de seu risco e retorno operacional mensal, além das alocações ótimas dos recursos financeiros e da área da propriedade rural para cada atividade. Para isso, primeiramente foram selecionadas oito atividades agropecuárias de relevância econômica para o Estado de Goiás (algodão, arroz, bovinocultura de corte, feijão, milho, soja, sorgo e tomate) e levantadas as séries temporais de preços médios mensais recebidos pelo produtor, junto à Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento - Conab, e as séries temporais de custos operacionais por hectare, junto à Federação da Agricultura e Pecuária de Goiás - Faeg. Posteriormente foram calculados os retornos operacionais de cada atividade relacionada e verificada a estacionariedade da série de retornos. Confirmada a estacionariedade das séries temporais, foram analisadas as volatilidades das séries de retornos de cada atividade. Logo após, calculou-se a matriz de correlação entre os retornos das atividades em estudo e o modelo de programação linear, que possui como função objetivo a equação proposta por Markowitz (1952) que visa minimizar o risco de um portfólio. Os resultados oferecem portfólios com a combinação de duas, três, quatro, cinco e seis atividades agropecuárias. Foi possível verificar que o Portfólio 1, composto pelas atividades milho e soja, apresentou maior nível de retorno operacional mensal, 15,70%, para um risco de 2,79%. O Portfólio 6, formado pelas atividades tomate e bovinocultura de corte, oferece o menor nível de risco quando comparado aos outros portfólios, 0,35%, para um retorno operacional mensal de 3,33%. A escolha do melhor portfólio é feita pelo usuário levando em consideração o nível de risco que ele está disposto a enfrentar. Também foi possível verificar que a diversificação permite a significativa redução do risco não – sistêmico até certa quantidade limite de atividades agropecuárias no portfólio. As Fronteiras Eficientes apresentam cada combinação de risco e retorno que perfazem o portfólio, além de oferecem as alocações ótimas de recursos (terra e capital).