Dissecting hedge funds' strategies |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, Management, and Statistics (DEMS), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell''Ateneo Nuovo, 1, 20126 Milano, MI, Italy;2. Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;1. Department of Economics, Management, and Statistics (DEMS), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell''Ateneo Nuovo, 1, 20126 Milano, MI, Italy;2. Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;1. Business School, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;2. Center for Finance and Investment Management, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;1. Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;2. School of Economics & Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China;3. School of Economics and Finance, Xi''an Jiaotong University, Xi''an, China;4. School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom;1. Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Booth Street West, Manchester, UK, M15 6PB, UK;1. School of Accounting, Xijing University, Xi''an, Shaanxi, China;2. University of Essex, Southend Campus, United Kingdom;3. Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom;4. Nanjing Forestry University, China;5. Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India |
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| Abstract: | This paper dissects the dynamics of the hedge fund industry with four financial markets, including the equity market, commodities, currencies, and debt market by employing a large number of assets from these markets. We employ four main representative hedge fund strategy indices, and a cap-weighted global index to estimate an asymmetric dynamic conditional correlation (ADCC) GJR-GARCH model using daily data from April 2003 to May 2021. We break down the performance, riskiness, investing style, volatility, dynamic correlations, and shock transmissions of each hedge fund strategy thoroughly. Further, the impact of commodity futures basis on hedge funds' return is analyzed. Comparing the dynamic correlations during the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) with COVID-19 pandemic reveals changing patterns in hedge funds' investing styles. There are strong and pervasive shock spillovers from hedge fund industry to other financial markets, especially to futures commodities. An increase in the futures basis of several commodities drives up hedge funds' performance. While hedge fund industry underperforms compared to equity market and commodities, the risk-reward measures show that hedge funds are superior to other markets, and safer than the bond market. |
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