We study how mutual fund managers gain an edge in selecting stocks in an era of globalization. We use textual analysis to construct a new measure that captures a mutual fund's offshore exposure concentration through holding U.S. multinational firms. The proposed offshore concentration index...

In this article, we examine offshore hedge funds performance that pursues leveraged activities based on distressed securities. Distressed securities are related to the corporate bonds of bankrupted companies that start to get out from the crisis and are trying to reduce their loan exposures in...

In this article, we are testing the performance of offshore hedge funds for the period 1998 to 2003. Offshore hedge funds are located for example in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda. Offshore hedge funds offer flexibility in terms that they invest in international equities,...

This paper investigates whether firms are able to diversify the maturity structure of their bond profiles given the availability of the offshore bond markets. I look at average maturity, maturity structure, and the inverse of the Herfindahl index to explore the maturity diversification effect. I...