Understanding a Tax-Aware Defensive Equity Long-Short Strategy

22 Pages Posted: 22 May 2020

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Nathan Sosner

AQR Capital Management, LLC

Ted Pyne

AQR Capital Management, LLC

Joseph Liberman

AQR Capital Management, LLC

Steven Liu

AQR Capital Management, LLC

Date Written: April 27, 2020

Abstract

We describe a Tax-Aware Defensive Equity Long-Short (TADELS) strategy, including its construction and pre-tax and after-tax performance. TADELS closely replicates the pre-tax performance of a similar tax-agnostic strategy and has the potential to achieve a meaningful tax benefit for a taxable investor.

TADELS tax benefit remains even when accounting for liquidation taxes. We show that TADELS is attractive in both up- and down-market periods and can diversify typical hedge fund allocations. Moreover, TADELS tax benefit can make an investor’s entire portfolio more tax-efficient.

Keywords: Defensive Investing, Long-Short Equity Strategies, Quantitative Strategies, Tax-Aware Portfolio Management

JEL Classification: G11, G50, H24

Suggested Citation

Sosner, Nathan and Pyne, Ted and Liberman, Joseph and Liu, Steven, Understanding a Tax-Aware Defensive Equity Long-Short Strategy (April 27, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3586760 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3586760

Nathan Sosner (Contact Author)

AQR Capital Management, LLC ( email )

One Greenwich Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
United States

Ted Pyne

AQR Capital Management, LLC ( email )

Greenwich, CT
United States

Joseph Liberman

AQR Capital Management, LLC ( email )

Greenwich, CT
United States

Steven Liu

AQR Capital Management, LLC ( email )

Greenwich, CT
United States

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