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Do Corporate Governance Motives Drive Hedge Funds and PrivateEquity Activities?

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Betzer, André; Gider, Jasmin - Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies <München> - 2009

We address the question of whether hedge fund and private equity investments in public firms are motivatedby corporate governance improvements. As opposed to traditional financial investors both HF and PE arelikely to have the incentives to alleviate agency conflicts. However, against the...

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Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds: A Primer

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Kaserer, Christoph - Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies <München> - 2005

Private equity funds and hedge funds are both alternative asset classes that are continuouslygrowing in importance. Although they have different focuses, they share some characteristics.First of all, both have or allegedly have a significant impact on the economy as well as thefinancial system...

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Hedge funds for retail investors? - An examination of hedged mutual funds

Agarwal, Vikas; Naik, Narayan Y.; Boyson, Nicole M. - 2007

outperform traditional mutualfunds. Most interesting, this superior performance is largely driven by managers with experience … Hedgefonds vorbehalten waren. Beispielsweise ist es diesen Fondsmöglich, auch Leerverkäufe zu tätigen. Im Unterschied zu … klassischen Hedgefonds ist eineAnlage in Hedgefonds-ähnliche Publikumsfonds auch weniger vermögenden Anlegernmöglich. Im Rahmen …

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