Assessing hedge fund performance with institutional constraints: evidence from CTA funds

Marat Molyboga (), Seungho Baek and John Bilson
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Marat Molyboga: Efficient Capital Management, LLC

Journal of Asset Management, 2017, vol. 18, issue 7, No 5, 547-565

Abstract: Abstract Standard tests for persistence in hedge fund performance are not consistent with investment practices because they ignore performance reporting delay, overlook fund selection standards of institutional investors, and often use portfolios with too many funds. This paper introduces a set of tests based on a large-scale simulation framework and stochastic dominance methodology. These tests incorporate constraints that are standard practice in the institutional investment field. To illustrate this framework, we apply it to investigate momentum in the performance of hedge funds of the managed futures industry. We find persistence in performance of the top performing fund managers that is significant in statistical and economic terms. Our methodology extends the toolbox of performance persistence tests and results in findings that can be implemented by institutional investors.

Keywords: Hedge funds; Commodity Trading Advisors; Performance persistence; Institutional investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G12 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/s41260-017-0053-8

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