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Volatility Spillovers between Stock Market and Hedge Funds: Evidence from Asia Pacific Region

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  • Sameen Fatima

    (Department of Financial and Business Systems, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand)

  • Christopher Gan

    (Department of Financial and Business Systems, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand)

  • Baiding Hu

    (Department of Global Value Chains and Trade, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand)

Abstract

This paper investigates the nature of volatility spillovers between stock returns and hedge funds returns in twelve Asia Pacific countries in the 1997–2018 period. The sample period encompasses sub periods, 1997 Asia financial crisis, 2008 Global financial crisis and 2010 Eurozone crisis; these sub periods were characterised by financial upheavals. We apply the EGARCH methodology to model volatility and volatility spillovers in and between the markets. Our results show that the volatility of stock returns does not affect the volatility of hedge funds returns; however, there are inconsistent evidence of unidirectional volatility spillover from hedge funds to stock market returns.

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  • Sameen Fatima & Christopher Gan & Baiding Hu, 2022. "Volatility Spillovers between Stock Market and Hedge Funds: Evidence from Asia Pacific Region," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-39, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:15:y:2022:i:9:p:409-:d:915109
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