Do the Best Hedge Funds Hedge?

46 Pages Posted: 20 Mar 2008 Last revised: 19 Dec 2008

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Sheridan Titman

University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cristian Ioan Tiu

University at Buffalo; TIAA Institute

Date Written: December 17, 2008

Abstract

We provide a simple argument that suggests that better informed hedge funds choose to have less exposure to factor risk. Consistent with this argument we find that hedge funds that exhibit lower R-squares with respect to systematic factors have higher Sharpe ratios, higher information ratios, charge higher fees and attract more future inflows.

Keywords: Hedge funds, Systematic risk, Investment performance

JEL Classification: G11, G23

Suggested Citation

Titman, Sheridan and Tiu, Cristian Ioan, Do the Best Hedge Funds Hedge? (December 17, 2008). AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1107627 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1107627

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