Melvyn Teo

Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Lee Kong Chian Professor of Finance

50 Stamford Road

Singapore, 178899

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1.

Testing Market Efficiency Using Statistical Arbitrage with Applications to Momentum and Value Strategies

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 May 2003
Robert A. Jarrow, Steve Hogan, Melvyn Teo and Mitch Warachka
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Credit Suisse First Boston, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics
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market efficiency, statistical arbitrage, arbitrage, momentum, value

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Sensation Seeking and Hedge Funds

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2018
Stephen J. Brown, Yan Lu, Sugata Ray and Melvyn Teo
New York University - Stern School of Business, University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Sensation seeking, Hedge funds, Risk, Operational risk

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Do Alpha Males Deliver Alpha? Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and Hedge Funds

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2020
Yan Lu and Melvyn Teo
University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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hedge funds, alpha, facial width-to-height, testosterone, downside risk, fire sales, marriage, fatherhood, marketing intensity

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Do Hedge Funds Deliver Alpha? A Bayesian and Bootstrap Analysis

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Do Hedge Funds Deliver Alpha? A Bayesian and Bootstrap Analysis

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Nov 2005
Robert Kosowski, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
Imperial College Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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hedge fund, persistence, Bayesian, alpha, backfill, incubation, bootstrap

Do Hedge Funds Deliver Alpha? A Bayesian and Bootstrap Analysis

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 84, No. 1, 2007
Posted: 19 Dec 2011
Robert Kosowski, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
Imperial College Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business

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Hedge fund performance, Persistence, Alpha, Factor models, Bayesian, Bootstrap

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Responsible Hedge Funds

Review of Finance, forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 23 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 02 May 2022
Hao Liang, Lin Sun and Melvyn Teo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Fudan University and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Principles for Responsible Investment, Greenwash, Hedge Funds, Walk the Talk, Agency Problems, Operational Risk, ESG, Stewardship

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Hedge Funds, Managerial Skill, and Macroeconomic Variables

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Hedge Funds, Managerial Skill, and Macroeconomic Variables

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2013
Doron Avramov, Robert Kosowski, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah, Imperial College Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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hedge funds, predictability, managerial skills, macroeconomic variables

Hedge Funds, Managerial Skill, and Macroeconomic Variables

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 99, Issue 3, pp. 672-692, March 2011
Posted: 22 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2013
Doron Avramov, Robert Kosowski, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah, Imperial College Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business

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Hedge Funds, Predictability, Managerial Skills, Macroeconomic Variables

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Limited Attention, Marital Events, and Hedge Funds

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Yan Lu, Sugata Ray and Melvyn Teo
University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Hedge Funds, Limited Attention, Behavioral Finance, Disposition Effect, Marriage, Divorce

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Persistence in Style-Adjusted Mutual Fund Returns

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Dec 2001
Melvyn Teo and Sung-Jun Woo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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mutual funds, style, persistence, ability, managerial ability, fund, style-adjusted, performance

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Statistical Arbitrage and Market Efficiency: Enhanced Theory, Robust Tests and Further Applications

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Robert A. Jarrow, Melvyn Teo, Yiu Kuen Tse and Mitch Warachka
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences and Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics
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Market Efficiency, Financial Anomalies

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Asian Hedge Funds: Return Persistence, Style, and Fund Characteristics

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Jul 2003
Melvyn Teo, Francis Koh and Winston T.H. Koh
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences
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Asian hedge funds, hedge funds, style, persistence, fees

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Diverse Hedge Funds

Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
Yan Lu, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Diversity, Homophily, Experience, Education, Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Behavioral biases, Capacity constraints, Performance persistence, Operational risk

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Style Effects in the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

AFA 2003 Washington, DC Meetings
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Oct 2001
Melvyn Teo and Sung-Jun Woo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Style, Style investing, Return predictability

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How Do Institutional Investors Trade

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Jul 2004
Paul G.J. O'Connell and Melvyn Teo
FDO Partners, LLC and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Institutional investors, overconfidence, loss aversion

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ETF Momentum

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2020
Frank Weikai Li, Melvyn Teo and Chloe (Chunliu) Yang
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF)
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ETFs, Exchange traded funds, momentum, overreaction

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Does Size Matter in the Hedge Fund Industry?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Jan 2009
Melvyn Teo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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size, hedge funds, capacity constraints, hierarchy costs

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Strategic Interactions between Sell-Side Analysts and the Firms They Cover

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Feb 2001
Melvyn Teo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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analysts, forecast precision, bias, repeated game, investment banking, management access, glamour stocks, Fair Disclosure.

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The Vocabulary of Hedge Funds

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2021
Juha Joenväärä, Jari Karppinen, Melvyn Teo and Cristian Ioan Tiu
Aalto University School of Business, University of Oulu, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and University at Buffalo
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hedge funds, textual analysis, lexical diversity, vocabulary, linguistic skills, corporate disclosures, cognitive ability, lexical richness

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Prospect Theory and Institutional Investors

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Nov 2003
Melvyn Teo and Paul G.J. O'Connell
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and FDO Partners, LLC
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institutional investors, past performance, loss aversion

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The Geography of Hedge Funds

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The Geography of Hedge Funds

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Aug 2008
Melvyn Teo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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hedge funds, information asymmetry, geography

The Geography of Hedge Funds

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 9, pp. 3531-3561, 2009
Posted: 08 Sep 2009
Melvyn Teo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business

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G11, G12, G23

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Public Hedge Funds

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2017
Lin Sun and Melvyn Teo
Fudan University and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Hedge funds, Initial Public Offering, Agency, Conflicts of interest, Short-termism

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Hedge Fund Franchises

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2018
William Fung, David A. Hsieh, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
PI Asset Management, LLC, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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hedge funds, first funds, follow-on funds, spillover, agency problems

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Race, Discrimination, and Hedge Funds

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 09 May 2024
Yan Lu, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Race, Racial bias, Discrimination, Barriers to entry, Minorities, Homophily, Education, Hedge funds, Asian, Black, Latino

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Is Stellar Hedge Fund Performance for Real?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Mar 2005
Robert Kosowski, Narayan Y. Naik and Melvyn Teo
Imperial College Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Hedge funds, bootstrap, alpha, persistence

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The Liquidity Risk of Liquid Hedge Funds

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Mar 2011
Melvyn Teo
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Hedge Funds, Liquidity risk, Funding liquidity, Market liquidity, Redemption gates

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Immigrants in Finance

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 22-05
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Jun Chen, Shenje Hshieh, Melvyn Teo and Feng Zhang
Renmin University of China - School of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Foreign labor, H-1B, Visa, Systematic, Quantitative, STEM, Education, Anomalies, Capacity Constraints, Race

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Hedge Funds and Analyst Conflicts of Interests

Singapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper No. 3
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2013
Melvyn Teo and Sung-Gon Chung
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy
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analysts, hedge funds, agency, conflicts of interests

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The Passive World of Active Investing

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 26 May 2022
Lin Sun and Melvyn Teo
Fudan University and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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passive investing, hedge funds, ETFs, agency problems, incentive alignment, misconduct

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Equity Style Returns and Institutional Investor Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w10355
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Mar 2004 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2022
Kenneth Froot and Melvyn Teo
Harvard University Graduate School of Business and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Home Biased Analysts in Emerging Markets

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2013
Sandy Lai and Melvyn Teo
University of Hong Kong and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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home bias, analyst recommendation, optimism, investment banking, emerging market

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Did the Game Stop for Hedge Funds?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2024
Jun Chen, Byoung-Hyoun Hwang and Melvyn Teo
Renmin University of China - School of Business, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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Gamestop, Robinhood, Meme stocks, Hedge funds, WallStreetBets, Social media, Short sales, Retail investors, Market efficiency

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Hedge Funds and Their Prime Broker Analysts

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2021
Sung Gon Chung, Manoj Kulchania and Melvyn Teo
Wayne State University, Wayne State University - Finance Group and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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