L-performance with an application to hedge funds
This paper introduces a new parametric fund performance measure, called the L-performance. The L-performance is an alternative to the Sharpe performance, which is commonly used in practice despite its inability to account for skewness and heavy tails of unconditional return distributions. The L-performance improves upon the Sharpe measure in this respect. Technically, it resembles the Sharpe measure in that it is defined as a ratio of the first- and second-order moments, which are the trimmed L-moments instead of the conventional (power) moments. The trimming parameters allow for focusing the L-performance on specific risk levels of interest, according to financial risk criteria. For illustration, a set of L-performances is computed for a variety of hedge funds. The empirical study shows the use of L-performance for fund ranking and return smoothing (manipulation) control.
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2009
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Authors: | Darolles, Serge ; Gourieroux, Christian ; Jasiak, Joann |
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Journal of Empirical Finance. - Elsevier, ISSN 0927-5398. - Vol. 16.2009, 4, p. 671-685
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Hedge fund Sharpe performance L-moment Distortion risk Measure Ranking Bias ratio Manipulation |
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