An Alternative Approach to Alternative Beta

Thierry Roncalli and Jérôme Teiletche
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Jérôme Teiletche: University of Dauphine

Journal of Financial Transformation, 2008, vol. 24, 43-52

Abstract: Hedge fund replication based on factor models is encountering growing interest. In this paper, we investigate the implications of substituting standard rolling windows regressions, which appear ad-hoc, with more efficient methodologies like the Kalman filter. We show that the copycats constructed this way offer risk-return profiles which share several characteristics with the ones posted by hedge funds indices: Sharpe ratios above buy-and-hold strategies on standard assets, moderate correlation with tandard assets, and limited drawdowns during equity downward trends. An interesting result is that the shortfall risk seems less important than with hedge fund indices and regressions-based trackers. We finally propose new breakdowns of hedge fund erformance into alpha, traditional beta, and alternative beta.

Keywords: hedge fund replication; alternative beta; Kalman filter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C60 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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