In this episode, we review two academic papers investigating various aspects of hedge fund performance and investment strategies. One relatively new study primarily examines how macroeconomic factors and the inclusion of hedge fund strategies impact portfolio performance for risk-averse investors, particularly focusing on out-of-sample predictability and risk-adjusted returns. It highlights that integrating hedge funds and considering macro-driven patterns can significantly enhance economic value, even though traditional measures like Sharpe ratios may not always reflect this fully due to higher-order moments like skewness and kurtosis. The other paper provides more background with a comprehensive survey of literature on hedge fund performance up until 2004, detailing various biases in hedge fund databases (e.g., survivorship, instant history, selection) and discussing different performance measurement methodologies, including traditional and adjusted Sharpe ratios, and multi-factor models that account for their unique non-linear exposures and time-varying risk profiles.
References
Magnani, Monia, Does Macroeconomic Predictability Enhance the Economic Value of Hedge Funds to Risk-Averse Investors? (October 15, 2024). BAFFI Centre Research Paper No. 232, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4988114 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4988114
Géhin, Walter, A Survey of the Literature on Hedge Fund Performance (October 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=626441 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.626441
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