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The returns of Hedge Funds- A comparative study of performance

Dominguez Berndtsson, Nils LU (2018) NEKP01 20181
Department of Economics
Abstract
In this thesis we test the performance of hedge funds against several fund specific variables, mainly fund size. As a measure of the hedge funds performance we employ both excess and risk-adjusted returns.
The first part the thesis employs unbalanced panel regressions where hedge funds excess returns are run on several fund specific variables.
In the second part several financial performance measures (PM:s) are constructed for each fund and measured against fund size.
The results largely confirm the theory from the Berk and Green model predicting decreasing returns to scale for funds.
This however seems to be a truth with many modifications as the results differ widely at fund, strategy and geographic focus level. We also get vastly... (More)
In this thesis we test the performance of hedge funds against several fund specific variables, mainly fund size. As a measure of the hedge funds performance we employ both excess and risk-adjusted returns.
The first part the thesis employs unbalanced panel regressions where hedge funds excess returns are run on several fund specific variables.
In the second part several financial performance measures (PM:s) are constructed for each fund and measured against fund size.
The results largely confirm the theory from the Berk and Green model predicting decreasing returns to scale for funds.
This however seems to be a truth with many modifications as the results differ widely at fund, strategy and geographic focus level. We also get vastly different results when switching between the two ways of measuring performance. (Less)
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author
Dominguez Berndtsson, Nils LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKP01 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Hedge Funds, risk-adjusted returns, excess returns, decreasing returns to scale, Berk and Green model
language
English
id
8957808
date added to LUP
2018-09-26 09:13:21
date last changed
2018-09-26 09:13:21
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  abstract     = {{In this thesis we test the performance of hedge funds against several fund specific variables, mainly fund size. As a measure of the hedge funds performance we employ both excess and risk-adjusted returns.
The first part the thesis employs unbalanced panel regressions where hedge funds excess returns are run on several fund specific variables.
In the second part several financial performance measures (PM:s) are constructed for each fund and measured against fund size.
The results largely confirm the theory from the Berk and Green model predicting decreasing returns to scale for funds.
This however seems to be a truth with many modifications as the results differ widely at fund, strategy and geographic focus level. We also get vastly different results when switching between the two ways of measuring performance.}},
  author       = {{Dominguez Berndtsson, Nils}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The returns of Hedge Funds- A comparative study of performance}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}