This article investigates the effects of a multiple fund management structure on the risk volatility of the funds simultaneously managed. Using a sample of 1480 mutual funds managed by 407 fund managers over a 3-year period, we find that the risk volatility of at least one fund managed by a...

Regulation is written with the intent of protecting the vulnerable. However, it can cause an undesirable result if written without understanding how the positive intent can have a negative impact. In its present form, the proposed Volcker Rule has the potential of expanding the liquidity crisis...

The intention of regulation is to protect the vulnerable. However, unintended results of regulation can cause the opposite occur. In its present form, the proposed Volcker Rule prohibits proprietary trading and has the potential of continuing the liquidity crisis that aided in the degradation of...

We measure the loss potential of Hedge Funds by combining three market risk measures: VaR, Draw-Down and Time Under-The-Water. Calculations are carried out considering three different frameworks regarding Hedge Fund returns: i) Normality and time-independence, ii) Non-normality and time-...

A factor-decomposition based framework is presented that facilitates non-parametric risk analysis for complex hedge fund portfolios in the absence of portfolio level transparency. This approach has been designed specifically for use within the hedge fund-of-funds environment, but is equally...

Early attempts to develop a modern model for the assessment of performance of portfolios of instruments belong to American teacher Harry Markowitz. He has abandoned the classical approach of the analysis of financial investment (based solely on technical and fundamental analysis), pointing...

We extend the classic Merton (1969, 1971) problem that investigates the joint consumption-savings and portfolio-selection problem under capital risk by assuming sophisticated but time-inconsistent agents. We introduce stochastic hyperbolic preferences as in Harris and Laibson (2013) and find...

El artículo muestra una situación especial en donde el portafolio surgido del teorema de la separación de Tobin no se encuentra en la frontera eficiente de Markowitz. El desarrollo del mismo inicia con una revisión del modelo de selección de carteras de Harry Markowitz seguido del teorema...

It is known in the literature that affective reactions and subjective factors influence the evaluation of risk. The goal of our work is to assess to what extent recent regulation change in the description of risk, the Synthetic Risk Indicator (ISR) in the "Key Investor Information Document"...

Bitcoin is a major virtual currency. Using weekly data over the 2010-2013 period, we analyze a Bitcoin investment from the standpoint of a U.S. investor with a diversified portfolio including both traditional assets (worldwide stocks, bonds, hard currencies) and alternative investments...