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American hedge funds industry, market timing and COVID-19 crisis
This paper addresses two key issues relating to the interactions among the North American hedge funds industry, the equity and treasury bond markets...
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Hedge fund activism and corporate intangible capital investments
We examine the impact of activist hedge fund campaigns on corporate Intangible Capital (IC) investments, a key determinant of corporate long-term...
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Puzzle solved? A comprehensive analysis of hedge fund-like mutual funds according to the value-added paradigm
Mutual funds that claim hedge fund strategies (HMFs) have experienced large increases in assets under management, yet academic studies are nearly...
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Hedge Fund Edge Case Study
The story in this chapter recounts the pressure hedge managers experience to exceed performance metrics using extraordinary means, in particular,...
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The Regulation of Hedge Funds A Global Perspective
This book analyses elements of international finance, comparing the regulation of hedge funds in United States, Europe, the UK, and off-shore...
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Litigation and Arbitration Regarding Hedge Funds
Growing mature after the 2007–2008 crisis, the litigation and arbitration hedge funds industry started expanding its investor base and by...
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Regulation of Hedge Funds in the US
This chapter addresses key aspects in US securities law: the extent to which regulation drives investment increases or not for hedge funds; the...
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How suitable are equity release mortgages as investments for pension funds?
This article examines the claim that equity release mortgages, the U.K. equivalent of reverse mortgages in the U.S., are suitable investments for...
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Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Scams and Anti-money Laundering Violations
This chapter began with an introduction to crypto hedge funds. Next it discussed the relationship between anti-money laundering compliance and...
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Regulation of Hedge Funds in the EU
The current chapter presented a comprehensive overview of the European legislative framework regarding, inter alia, hedge funds: UCITS Directives...
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Private Market Infrastructure Funds
In the international infrastructure finance markets, investments through the private equity method have played a significant role. There has been a...
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Mutual funds and stock fundamentals
This paper studies abnormal returns to mutual funds from using a firm fundamental trading strategy. We find that the abnormal returns and the Sharpe...
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Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Overview
The Palgrave Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of SWFs from a multidimensional perspective. It spans the...
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Crypto Funds
The rapid institutionalisation of the crypto industry has given rise to several dedicated crypto funds. In fact, it is estimated that there are...
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Effects of size on the exchange-traded funds performance
This study investigates the effects of size on the risk-adjusted fund performance of US-publicly listed index-tracking passive equity exchange-traded...
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Monetary policy after the crisis: A threat to hedge funds' alphas?
We examine the effects of US monetary policy announcements during and after the Great Financial Crisis on the average abnormal returns (the “alpha”)...
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Do pension funds provide financial stability? Evidence from European Union countries
We investigate the relationship between pension funds and financial stability in 25 European Union countries for the period from 2001–2017. We find...
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The Regulation of Hedge Funds in the United Kingdom and the Impact of Brexit
The main aim of the current chapter is the assessment of whether the UK regulator of hedge funds managed or not to find a fund-friendly (Quaglia, L....
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Sovereign Wealth Funds on Four Continents
The Palgrave Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of SWFs from a multidimensional perspective. It spans the...