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The Nexus Between Hedge Fund Size and Risk-Adjusted Performance

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  • Catan Daniela

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)

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This paper explores the relationship between hedge fund size and risk-adjusted performance employing a data sample of 245 US hedge funds classified into eight different investment strategies. The studied period spans from January 2005 to February 2021, with calculations performed both on the whole coverage period as well as three sub-periods, to isolate the pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis funds’ behavior. Similar to previous evidence found in the literature, the results reveal an inverse relationship between hedge fund size and risk-adjusted performance (as measured by the Sharpe, Treynor and Black-Treynor ratios) in most of the cases.

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  • Catan Daniela, 2021. "The Nexus Between Hedge Fund Size and Risk-Adjusted Performance," Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Oeconomica, Sciendo, vol. 66(3), pages 40-56, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:subboe:v:66:y:2021:i:3:p:40-56:n:3
    DOI: 10.2478/subboec-2021-0013
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    Keywords

    hedge funds; risk-adjusted performance; fund size; fund performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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