Guided by a simple model in which hedge fund managers with access to less-profitable investment strategies take more funding risk, I show that funds with a high exposure to market-wide funding shocks - measured by changes in Libor-OIS spreads - subsequently underperform funds with a low exposure...

Despite the exponential increase in the literature related to the performance of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), risk management with respect to the measurement of performance persistence remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we investigate the impact of geolocation and investment...

This paper examines the relation between idiosyncratic risk and mutual fund performance using asset pricing models. We use a unique data set containing monthly returns of 949 UK equity mutual funds over a 28-year period to measure fund performance. We find that idiosyncratic risk cannot be...

This paper examines the appropriate measure of performance for real estate mutual funds. Several popular performance measures including Sharpe, Treynor and Sortino measures are evaluated. The results demonstrate that the Sharpe index outperforms the other two alternatives. In order to consider...

This paper focuses on an unexplored dimension of fund managers' timing ability: market-wide tail risk implied by information in options markets. We investigate whether hedge fund managers can strategically time market tail risk implied by options through adjusting their portfolios' market...

Mutual fund risk-taking via active portfolio rebalancing varies both in the crosssection and over time. In this paper, I show that the same is true for funds' off- balance sheet risk-taking, even after controlling for on-balance sheet activities. For this purpose, I propose a novel measure of...

This paper provides evidence on the interaction between hedge funds' performance and their market liquidity risk and funding liquidity risk. We demonstrate that funding liquidity risk is an important determinant of hedge fund performance. Hedge funds with high loadings on the funding liquidity...

This empirical study investigates the ability of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to replicate the risk-return characteristics of their respective benchmarks accurately. By decomposing ex-post tracking performance, this study finds that the commonly used measure, tracking error, rarely sufficiently...

This paper analyses the fundamental drivers of risk and return in portfolios of private equity fund investments. We draw on a large data set of 771 mature European and North American primary buyout funds with historic performance information from Preqin covering vintages from 1998-2007. Using...

Following the Pension Protection Act of 2006, there was a sharp increase in the use of TDFs as default investment options in defined contribution retirement plans. We document large differences in realized TDF returns and risk profiles, even for funds with the same target retirement date. Using...