For emerging market hedge funds, funding through the yen carry trade provides the possibility of enhancing returns by funding in a low coupon currency. This study examines whether emerging market hedge funds are exposed to the value of the Japanese yen and whether this is the key exposure...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the benefits of using a more diverse derivative strategy of a fund in relation to their performance and risk characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, samples of 3,382 individual hedge funds and 761 funds of hedge...

Emerging market hedge funds are an asset class which does not seem to outperform the market benchmarks. We hypothesize that the poor aggregate performance may be due to lack of focus of these funds. Our results suggest that a portfolio of emerging market hedge funds, which have geographical...

This study examines the exposures of cross-sectional anomalies to volatility risk in different economic and market cycles. The study shows that cross-sectional anomalies exposures can change dramatically. Most notably, the exposure of the value factor to volatility risk changed completely from...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present and demonstrate how the use of a multifactor model in the analysis of market timing skill can be misleading because the use of a multifactor model does not suit all investment styles equally well. If the factors of the analysis model do not span...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explicitly focus on the roles of ownership concentration, ownership by the board, the chief executive officer (CEO) and the chairperson in the involvement and capabilities of chairpersons and other governors in their work. Design/methodology/approach...