On the Other Side of Hedge Fund Equity Trades

Xinyu Cui (), Olga Kolokolova () and Jiaguo (George) Wang ()
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Xinyu Cui: University of Bristol Business School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, United Kingdom
Olga Kolokolova: Accounting and Finance Division, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9SS, United Kingdom
Jiaguo (George) Wang: Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom

Management Science, 2024, vol. 70, issue 6, 3684-3710

Abstract: Hedge funds earn positive ex post abnormal returns and avoid negative abnormal returns on their equity portfolios when trading in the opposite direction of highly diversified low-turnover institutional investors (quasi indexers). This pattern seems to be driven by the preferences of quasi indexers for high-market-beta stocks together with the ability of hedge funds to identify subsets of especially profitable trades. It remains pronounced when accounting for other determinants of hedge fund trades, such as stock liquidity, market anomalies, and major corporate events. Trading against other institutional investors or noninstitutions does not result in abnormal performance for hedge funds.

Keywords: institutional trading; alpha; market beta; market anomalies; quasi indexers; hedge funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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