Liquid Alternative Mutual Funds versus Hedge Funds: Returns, Risk Factors, and Diversification

IF 0.4 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Journal of Alternative Investments Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI:10.3905/jai.2019.1.073
Jonathan S. Hartley
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Despite the rapid rise of the number of liquid alternative mutual funds (LAMFs) available to retail investors in recent years, few studies have compared how their returns, risk, and other characteristics (fees, turnover, and assets) differ from their hedge fund counterparts across their entire history. Being one of the first comprehensive studies to analyze more than two decades of LAMF performance, this article compares the performance of LAMFs to hedge funds, both in aggregate and broken down by investment styles and performance quintiles. Overall, LAMFs underperform hedge funds on average by 1% to 2% per year on a net-of-fee basis when controlling for standard risk factors. These findings provide important implications for investors seeking liquid hedge fund–like returns as well as for policymakers who have recently proposed imposing derivative position limits on 1940 Act investment vehicles. TOPICS: Mutual funds/passive investing/indexing, real assets/alternative investments/private equity, performance measurement, legal/regulatory/public policy
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流动性另类共同基金与对冲基金:收益、风险因素和多样化
尽管近年来可供散户投资者使用的流动性另类共同基金(LAMF)数量迅速增加,但很少有研究比较其回报、风险和其他特征(费用、营业额和资产)在其整个历史上与对冲基金同行的差异。作为最早分析LAMF 20多年业绩的综合研究之一,本文将LAMF的业绩与对冲基金进行了比较,包括总体业绩和按投资风格和业绩五分位数细分的业绩。总体而言,在控制标准风险因素的情况下,LAMF在扣除费用的基础上平均每年比对冲基金差1%至2%。这些发现对寻求流动性对冲基金类回报的投资者以及最近提议对1940年法案投资工具施加衍生品头寸限制的政策制定者提供了重要启示。主题:共同基金/被动投资/指数化、实物资产/另类投资/私募股权、绩效衡量、法律/监管/公共政策
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Alternative Investments (JAI) provides you with cutting-edge research and expert analysis on managing investments in hedge funds, private equity, distressed debt, commodities and futures, energy, funds of funds, and other nontraditional assets. JAI is the official publication of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA®). JAI provides you with challenging ideas and practical tools to: •Profit from the growth of hedge funds and alternatives •Determine the optimal mix of traditional and alternative investments •Measure and track portfolio performance •Manage your alternative investment portfolio with proven risk management practices
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