We study the relation between hedge fund equity holdings and measures of informational efficiency of stock prices derived from intraday transactions, as well as daily data. Our findings support the role of hedge funds as arbitrageurs who reduce mispricing in the market. Hedge funds invest in...

In this paper we study hedge fund styles by examining both self-reported classification and a return-based classification on a sample of hedge funds over the period of 2005 to 2011. Using seven versions of the Lipper/TASS data, we are able to track self-reported classification on an annual...

We evaluate the economic consequences of mutual fund advisory misconduct from 2000 to 2015. An average of 31.25% reduction in monthly fund flows occurs in one year after the misconduct. The effect is more pronounced in funds facing strong investor monitoring. Although all types of misconduct...

Utilizing a novel style identification procedure, we show that style-shifting is a dynamic strategy commonly employed by hedge fund managers. Three quarters of hedge funds shifted their investment styles at least once over the period from January 1994 to December 2013. We perform empirical tests...

We examine the relation between changes in hedge fund stock holdings and measures of informational efficiency of equity prices derived from transactions data, and find that, on average, increased hedge fund ownership leads to significant improvements in the informational efficiency of equity...

Using two large hedge fund databases, this paper empirically tests the presence and significance of a cross-sectional relation between hedge fund returns and value at risk (VaR). The univariate and bivariate portfolio-level analyses as well as the fund-level regression results indicate a...

Using voluntary decisions to limit investment, we investigate if the high payndash;performance sensitivities of hedge fund managers cause them to avoid overinvestment. Our results show that the primary objective of hedge fund managers is to hoard assets. We find that for funds closed to new...

Utilizing a novel style identification procedure, we show that style-shifting is a dynamic strategy commonly employed by hedge fund managers. Three quarters of hedge funds shifted their investment styles at least once over the period from January 1994 to December 2013. We perform empirical tests...

This study examines the liquidity characteristics of market anomalies and how liquidity affects institutional trading on those anomalies. We find that long-short portfolios based on market anomalies have pervasive liquidity exposures. For long-horizon anomalies, the long legs of the portfolios...

Using a new dataset of hedge fund returns from separate accounts on the Lyxor platform, we examine the costs and advantages of the greater liquidity of the Lyxor platform verses those of the associated main hedge funds. Lyxor accounts are traded pari passu with the main fund but provide superior...