Carry Trades and the Performance of Currency Hedge Funds

Federico Calogero Nucera and Giorgio Valente ()

No 32013, Working Papers from Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research

Abstract: We investigate the performance and risk of currency hedge funds using a large and unique consolidated currency hedge fund dataset. We find that a substantial number of hedge funds generate returns that exceed foreign exchange risk premia obtained through carry trades. The best alpha-generating funds exhibit a performance that persists over a one-year horizon. This performance persistence is mostly due to compensation for currency risk-taking as there is no strong evidence of remuneration for active management. The results are robust to biases affecting hedge fund returns, alternative carry trade benchmarks and different methodologies used to correct for sample variability

Keywords: Hedge Funds; Foreign Exchange; Asset Allocation; Funds Performance Evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F31 F37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2013-03
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