Funds of funds versus simple portfolios of hedge funds: A comparative study of persistence in performance

Under One Roof: A Study of Simultaneously Managed Hedge Funds and Funds of Hedge Funds

 Vikas Agarwal is from Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, 35 Broad Street, Suite 1221, Atlanta GA 30303, USA. Email: [email protected]: +1-404-413-7326. Fax: +1-404-4137312. Vikas Agarwal is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Financial Research (CFR), University of Cologne. ^ Yan Lu is from University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Box 117168,...

Hedge Funds, Funds-of-Funds, and Commodity Trading Advisors

Evaluation of Hedge Funds Performance

Liquidity Spillovers in Hedge Funds: Evidence from the Holdings of Funds of Hedge Funds

We examine whether funds of hedge funds (FoFs) engage in costly fire sales of their hedge fund investments during the 2004–2011 period. We find that FoFs experiencing large outflows tend to liquidate holdings in funds with relatively few redemption restrictions (“liquid funds”), even when these funds perform well. A tracking portfolio that buys liquid funds involved in fire sales over the prior...

optimizing Benchmark-Based Portfolios with Hedge Funds

JOT YAU IS a professor of finance at Mbers School of Business .iiid Economics. Seattle University in Seattle, WA. ,[email protected] T he significant growth of the hedge funds industry in the past decade has heen supplemented by increased allocations to alternative investments by high-net-worth individuals as well as endowments and foundations. In recetit years, there has been a steady shift i...