The interaction of arbitrageur's and noise trading from a Behavioural orthodox approach is a new area of research. Noise traders are misled and they are making decisions not on data and forecasts, but based on their personal opinion. Their wrong estimate creates discount persistence throughout...

Mathematical explanation of noise trading from a behavioural Orthodox approach is a complete new subject of research. My model tries to calibrate noise in terms of systematic errors and biases formed by noise traders, as they ignore the religious factors that affect their thoughts and therefore...

Discount persistence explanation from a behavioural point of view is a new area of research for both academics and practitioners. The interactions of both arbitrageurs and noise traders during the life of the fund will enable us to detect the effect of discount persistence based on an investor...

This article examines the application of the Sharpe style analysis versus a rolling methodology of monthly returns of long/short funds, market neutral funds, event – driven hedge funds and their related indices. The Sharpe ratio is calculated as the ratio of the excess return divided by the...

This article aims at testing empirically the major building blocks that affect the performance and risk adjusted measures of funds of funds hedge funds: incentive fees, management fees, size, age, hurdle rate, high watermark provision and lockup period. Funds of hedge funds invest solely in...

This article is a cross comparison of the different performance ratios between different types of hedge funds. The funds under study are long/short funds, market-neutral funds and event – driven funds. We use a sample free of survivorship bias and measure performance using risk adjusted...

Investment trusts or closed-end funds are known for the discount problem that arises within a few months. Specifically, According to Weiss (1989), shares in US funds are issued at a premium to net asset value, NAV, of up to 10 per cent. This premium represents the underwriting fees and start-up...

In this article, we examine how contango and backwardation affects the performance of commodity hedge funds. Evaluation based on commodity trading advisors', CTA. CTA, commodity trading advisers, or managed futures managers' trade in the commodity market. The hedge funds invest in commodity...

This article aims at testing empirically the major building blocks that affect the performance of funds of funds hedge funds: incentive fees, management fees, size, age, hurdle rate, high watermark provision and lockup period. Funds of hedge funds invest solely in other hedge funds. The hedge...

This article focuses on the importance of the traditional theories for the existence of the discount in relation to agency costs namely management performance. The argument that discounts reflect the quality of the management has been investigated in the past but the results were inconclusive....