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Ryzyko płynności i ocena wyników inwestycyjnych funduszy hedgingowych
Liquidity risk and hedge fund performance evaluation

Author(s): Richard Van Horne
Subject(s): Financial Markets
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: liquidity risk; liquidity factor; alpha ratio; hedge fund performance

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author uses two models, a lagged-effects model and a serial correlation model, which identify potential liquidity risk in hedge fund portfolios. From the serial correlation model a liquidity risk factor was developed and added to a multi-factor equilibrium model in order to re-estimate Alpha across a universe of hedge funds. It was found that much of what passes for fund Alpha in a multi-factor risk model lacking a liquidity risk factor is actually a compensation for bearing liquidity risk in the context of a model that includes the innovative liquidity risk factor. This result has implications for both a pre-investment due diligence and a manager selection as well as the postinvestment fund performance evaluation and risk management.

  • Issue Year: 26/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 102-125
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English
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