Optimality of Buy and Sell Timing Decisions by Investment Fund Managers

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv D. Banker ◽  
Janice Y.S. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Investment Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Timing Decisions

Financial Technology and Hedge Funds

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-250
Author(s):  
Wulf A. Kaal
Keyword(s):  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Front Office

Hedge funds have been on the leading edge of technology in finance with the use of big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, and blockchain technology. This chapter examines how and why private fund advisors utilize emerging technology. Some indicia suggest that emerging technology plays a primary role in front office and investment functions, in the securing of crypto assets, but also in private investment fund managers’ attempts to satisfy the growth expectations of clients. The use of emerging technology in trade execution and other back-office functions goes hand-in-hand with an ever-increasing interest in the private investment fund industry in investing in digital assets.

scholarly journals Implementation of Directive 2011/61/Eu of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers Into Czech Legal System

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Zuzana Šiková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Legal System ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Investment Companies ◽  
Alternative Investment

This contribution deals with the implementation of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 into Czech legal system. The main aim of the contribution is to confirm or disprove the hypothesis that entity in Section 15 of Act no. 240/2013 Coll, on Investment Companies and Investment Funds, as amended, is an alternative fund according to the Directive 2011/61/EU and that Directive 2011/61/EU was not transposed in Czech Republic properly. Author used to confirm or disprove above mentioned hypothesis scientific methods, especially comparison, induction and deduction. This contribution also looks at the Directive 2011/61/EU evaluation of its effectiveness and possible development of regulation in this area.

Portraits of five hedge fund fraud cases

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majed R. Muhtaseb ◽  
Chun Chun “Sylvia” Yang
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Fund Industry ◽  
Asset Managers

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is two fold: educate investors about hedge fund managers' activities prior to the fraud recognition by the authorities and to help investors and other stakeholders in the hedge fund industry identify red flags before fraud is actually committed.Design/methodology/approachThe paper investigates fraud committed by the Bayou Funds, Beacon Hill Asset Management, Lancer Management Group (LMG), Lipper & Company and Maricopa investment fund. The fraud activities took place during 2000 and 2005.FindingsThe five cases alone cost the hedge fund investors more than $1.5 billion. Investors may have had a good opportunity for avoiding the irrecoverable costs of the fraud had they carefully vetted the backgrounds of the hedge fund managers and/or continuously monitored the funds activities, especially during turbulent market environments.Originality/valueThis is the first research paper to identify and extensively investigate fraud committed by hedge funds. In spite of the size of the hedge fund industry and relatively substantial level and inevitably recurring fraud, academic journals are to yet address this issue. The paper is of great value to hedge funds and their individual and institutional investors, asset managers, financial advisers and regulators.

Alternative regulation: the directive on alternative investment fund managers

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Duncan ◽  
E. Curtin ◽  
M. Crosignani
Keyword(s):  
Investment Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Alternative Investment

13 Listings of Private Investment Funds as a Means of Mitigating the Governance Challenge

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spangler Timothy
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
London Stock Exchange ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Potential Market ◽  
Securities Exchanges ◽  
Regulatory Functions ◽  
Alternative Investment

This chapter explains how the admission to listing of private investment funds on a recognized exchange can provide a means to address the governance challenge. It first considers the regulatory functions of securities exchanges before turning to the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE), taking into account three areas relevant to the governance challenge faced by private investment funds: general obligations of disclosure, notification of interests and key developments, and communications with unitholders. It then examines how an ISE listing can provide a potential market-oriented solution to the governance challenge. It also discusses listing-related developments at the London Stock Exchange, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive depositories, and limitations on the effectiveness of exchange listings.

scholarly journals Window dressing in Brazilian investment funds

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (82) ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Matheus Ruiz Marques ◽  
Joelson O. Sampaio ◽  
Vinicius Augusto Brunassi Silva
Keyword(s):  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Window Dressing ◽  
Equity Funds ◽  
Model Residuals ◽  
Fund Portfolio

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the presence of window dressing in the Brazilian investment fund market, focusing on equity funds. Window dressing is a practice that presents a particular portfolio composition to the market, which is different from that held by the fund in the reporting period. Just before the end of the period, fund managers change their positions with the aim of presenting safer, more profitable securities portfolios. We believe that there is a lack of empirical evidence on this topic in Brazil. Previous research focuses on diversification, style analysis, fund portfolio turnover, manager profile, and performance. Therefore, we believe that our paper is pioneering in presenting results on window dressing in Brazil. With the presence of window dressing, the market may signal distorted results to investors and guide their allocations towards funds in which they would not invest in the absence of such practices. Moreover, the adoption of window dressing may increase transaction costs and thus destroy value. Our results present a connection with previous studies by Bremer and Kato (1996), O’Neal (2001), Ng and Wang (2004), Ortiz, Sarto, and Vicente (2012), and Agarwal, Gay, and Ling (2014). This paper provides evidence of window dressing in Brazilian equity funds and proposes an empirical study to verify the presence of the practice between 2010 and 2016, using market model residuals, rank gap, and backward holding return gap analysis techniques. In short, our results are consistent with window dressing practices in funds managed by small companies that were losers against the Bovespa Index and presented a high tracking error in the period.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Hungarian investment funds along economic cycles

2021 ◽  
Vol 190 (5-6(2)) ◽  
pp. 48-57
Author(s):  
Emese Melinda Bogáth ◽  
◽  
Sándor Gáspár ◽  
Gergő Thalmeiner ◽  
Judit Bárczi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
Quantitative Changes ◽  
Economic Boom

As a result of the 2008 financial crisis, the international financial system underwent a fundamental change. The crisis has highlighted various weaknesses in the economic system. One of these weaknesses was the unregulated nature of investment markets and their inefficient structural structure. Funds managed by investment fund managers have also been hit hard by the crisis. In the post-crisis period of 2008, there was a dynamic economic boom, which also affected the types of investment funds and their changes. However, the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 onwards is a special crisis. Its unique nature is reflected in the fact that financial markets have remained stable under the influence of central banks. This, in turn, did not necessarily affect the investment market, and in particular investment funds, as expected in the event of a downturn. In our research, we illustrate the change of investment funds along economic cycles through the quantitative changes of Hungarian investment funds. In our analysis, we illustrate the evolution of fund changes through hierarchical cluster analyzes. In the course of our research, we found that Hungarian investment funds move in line with market and retail investment trends, and the structure of investment funds does not show a significant change during the sixteen years examined, regardless of changes in economic cycles.

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