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Seit Jahresanfang ist in Deutschland die Auflage von Hedge-Fonds erlaubt. In der Beurteilung solcher Fonds gibt es erhebliche Unterschiede. Während viele Beobachter vor dem Hintergrund ausländischer Erfahrungen die einzel- und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Gefahren der „Zockerportfolios“...
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The behavior of a hedge-fund manager naturally depends on her compensation scheme, her preferences, and constraints on her risk-taking. We propose a numerical method which can be used to analyze the impact of these influences. The model leads to several interesting and novel results concerning...
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Recent research reveals that hedge fund returns exhibit a range of different,possibly non-linear pay-off patterns. It is difficult to qualify all these patternssimultaneously as being rational in a traditional framework for optimal financial decisionmaking. In this paper we present a simple...
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This paper investigates dynamically optimal risk-taking by an expected-utility maximizing manager of a hedge fund. We examine the effects of variations on a compensation structure that includes a percentage management fee, a performance incentive for exceeding a specified highwater mark, and...
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The fast growing EU market for investment funds is still characterised by a continuing relevance of national borders. This papers assesses this market?s degree of integration, the potential benefits from more integration and the obstacles to cross-border sales of funds. The analysis shows that...
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hedging the Value at Risk is zero and the bank chooses to over-hedge. …
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Using a two-moment decision model this paper analyzes corporate hedging behavior in the presence of unified and …, therefore, the incentive for hedging reduces. We demonstrate that pure hedging is differently affected by taxation than … speculative hedging is. Analysing tax-sensitivity of the corporate hedge shows that a higher risk in the first place may reduce …
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uncertainty and hedging opportunities. Market transparency is modeled by means of the informational content of publicly observable …
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hedging opportunity is introduced by a forward market where the foreign currency can be traded on. We investigate two settings …: First we assume that hedging and output decisions are taken simultaneously. We show that hedging is just done for risk … managing reasons as it is not possible to use hedging strategically. In this setting the well-known separation result of the …
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exchange rate risk and hedging. Information is described in terms of market transparency, i.e., a publicly observable signal …
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