funds. Most mutual funds using derivatives do so to a very limited extent that has little discernable impact on returns …. However, there exist two types of funds that make more extensive use of derivatives, global funds and specialized domestic … employing derivatives sparingly or not at all. We find evidence that fund managers time their use of derivatives in response to …

-switching copula model that includes one normal regime in which dependence is symmetric and a second regime characterized by asymmetric …