We investigate the performance and risk of currency hedge funds using a large and unique consolidated currency hedge fund dataset. We find that a substantial number of hedge funds generate returns that exceed foreign exchange risk premia obtained through carry trades. The best alpha-generating...

This paper investigates the responses of market interest rates to US monetary policy announcements for the US and two emerging economies, Hong Kong and Singapore which are similar on many respects but have experienced opposite exchange rate regimes in the last twenty years. Our results, based on...

We test for the direction of information flow between US and Asian equity markets by comparing prices in Asian equity markets with prices of US-based closed-end funds that invest in those markets. Exploiting the fact that trading hours in the two regions do not overlap, we find that the...