The Need for Market Regulations and Hedge Funds Performance

Carmen Corduneanu and Daniela Liliana Turcas
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Daniela Liliana Turcas: S.S.I.F. IFB FINWEST S.A., Arad, Romania

Timisoara Journal of Economics, 2011, vol. 4, issue 4(16), 193-204

Abstract: The contemporary crisis has brought into attention the hedge funds activity, with respect to high performance achieved levels, management techniques employed and high professionalism of the management. Being focused on higher returns to the market indices, hedge funds differ substantially to traditional investment funds through the promoted investment strategies. In Europe, prior to the European Parliament’s Directive on Alternative Investment Funds Administrators (November 2010), hedge funds activity has been the subject of many controversial financial discussions. Alternative investment funds, especially hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds have been held responsible to some extent for the global financial crisis. An increased transparency, through a more rigorous control on their activity, applying common regulations for all investment funds operating in the European area, provides the circumstances for increased financial stability and for a limited risk and increased investor protection workframe. This study considers the need for market regulations on hedge funds activity, while analyzing the defining characteristics of adopted investment strategies and their performance. The analysis is performed using the comparison approach in order to compare hedge funds performance to classic investment funds and market indices performance. The analyzed time period is 2000 – 2010, in terms of managed assets and rates of return achieved, benefits and disadvantages in the investment process.

Keywords: Hedge funds; regulations; investment strategies; compared performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G23 G29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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