Pension funds' allocations to hedge funds: an empirical analysis of US and Canadian defined benefit plans
This article investigates the characteristics of US and Canadian pension funds that allocate assets to hedge funds. The typical pension fund that invests in hedge funds is a large sophisticated pension fund that diversifies its portfolio across numerous classes of investments, private equity in particular, uses a core-satellite organization and has access to low delegation costs for alternative assets. Moreover, we find that pension funds investing in hedge funds significantly obtained higher global returns.
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2013
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Authors: | Bouvatier, V. ; Rigot, S. |
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Applied Economics. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0003-6846. - Vol. 45.2013, 26, p. 3701-3710
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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