To many people, the terror of falling share prices is often significant, often more so than the pleasure of gains. Accordingly, investors often want to minimize downside volatility as a part of their portfolio planning. Investors already have several tools to measure downside volatility,...

There is extensive empirical evidence that funds of hedge funds (FoHFs) quickly change their investment bets as a function of the changing market conditions. In this chapter, we first analyze the stability of risk exposure and performance of FoHFs during the period January 2005-June 2011. We...

We investigate the performance of funds that specialise in cryptocurrency markets. In doing so, we contribute to a growing literature that aims to understand the role of digital assets as an investment. Methodologically, we implement a novel panel bootstrap approach that samples jointly 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...