Hedge fund return predictability : limitations on the use of risk measures

This dissertation explores the ability of risk measures to explain cross-sectional differences in future hedge fund returns from 1994 to 2012, using two databases: Lipper TASS and Barclay Hedge. We analyse the predictive ability of total risk, skewness and kurtosis and then, using factor models, dec...

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Autor principal: Sacras, André Daniel Pires (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18746
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/18746