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withdrawal of employers and external insurers as risk bearers of systematic financial and longevity risks. Partly because of … pension: the Personal Pension with Risk sharing (PPR). By unbundling and valuing the investment, (dis)saving, insurance and … risk-sharing functions of pensions, PPRs allow risk management and (dis)saving to be customized to the specific features of …
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Conventional wisdom views stocks as less volatile over long horizons than over short horizons due to mean reversion induced by return predictability. In contrast, we find stocks are substantially more volatile over long horizons from an investor's perspective. This perspective recognizes that...
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contained in the volatility risk premium and option-implied skewness increases substantially Sharpe ratios and certainty …
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Ratios that indicate the statistical significance of a fund’s alpha typically appraise its performance. A growing literature suggests that even in the absence of any ability to predict returns, holding options positions on the benchmark assets or trading frequently can significantly enhance...
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Paper, they are derived from risk-value models that generalize the Markowitz-model. We use a behaviourally based risk … measure with an endogenous or exogenous benchmark. If the risk measure is modelled by a negative HARA-function, then sharing … variance and kurtosis of the risk-neutral probability distribution of the aggregate pay-off. …
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generalized version of the uncovered interest rate parity and expectations hypothesis in favor of models with varying risk premia …
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This paper presents new stylized facts on the distribution of the home bias at the fund level. We find (i) a large heterogeneity in the degree of home bias across mutual funds; (ii) a positive correlation between the size of funds and home bias; and (iii) a positive correlation between the size...
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This paper provides evidence on the use of stochastic discount factors in the evaluation of portfolio performance. First, we discuss evaluation in this setting, and relate it to traditional mean-variance analysis. We then use Monte Carlo experiments to examine the small sample properties of...
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We use a comprehensive dataset of Funds-of-Hedge-Funds (FoFs) to investigate performance, risk and capital formation in … the hedge fund industry over the past ten years. We confirm the finding of high systematic risk exposures in FoF returns … experienced a recent, dramatic decline in risk-adjusted performance. …
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the effect of decentralization on the risk and performance of pension funds, and find evidence supporting some predictions … of assets and fund management company-level skill effects. We also study changes in risk-taking when moving to … managers by allocating reduced risk budgets to each manager, which helps to compensate for the suboptimal diversification that …
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