Tail risk in hedge funds: A unique view from portfolio holdings


Agarwal, Vikas ; Ruenzi, Stefan ; Weigert, Florian



DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2517799
URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_i...
Document Type: Working paper
Year of publication: 2016
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Publishing house: SSRN
Publication language: English
Institution: Business School > Internat. Finanzierung (Ruenzi 2009-)
Subject: 330 Economics
Abstract: We develop a new systematic tail risk measure for equity-oriented hedge funds to examine the impact of tail risk on fund performance and to identify the sources of tail risk. We find that tail risk affects the cross-sectional variation in fund returns and that investments in both tail-sensitive stocks and options drive tail risk. Moreover, leverage and exposure to funding liquidity shocks are important determinants of tail risk. We find evidence of some funds being able to time tail risk exposure prior to the 2008–2009 financial crisis.




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