This article examines US closed-end funds using a sample of 603 closed-end funds from the period 2010 to 2020. The sample is free of survivorship bias. We find evidence of long-term managerial positive persistence. Performance is measured by Jensen’s alpha based on regression models such as...

This article is a cross comparison of the different performance ratios between different types of hedge funds. The funds under study are long/short funds, market-neutral funds and event – driven funds. We use a sample free of survivorship bias and measure performance using risk adjusted...

This article examines UK investment trusts using a sample of 210 investment trusts from the period 1990 to 2006. The sample is free of survivorship bias. We find evidence of long-term managerial positive persistence. Performance is measured by Jensen's alpha based on regression models such as...

This article examines US open-end funds using a sample of 12083 open-end funds from the period 2010 to 2020. The sample is free of survivorship bias. We find evidence of long-term managerial positive persistence. Performance is measured by Jensen’s alpha based on regression models such as the...