We use a novel database to study the timeliness of hedge fund managers' voluntary disclosures of monthly fund returns. We show that funds disclose returns at a much slower rate when performance is poor. Funds often release the returns of two or more months together in clusters. These clusters...

We undertake a comprehensive analysis of onshore and offshore hedge funds to study the effects of fund regulation and investor clienteles on a fund's share restrictions, asset liquidity, flow-performance sensitivity, and performance. Liquid asset holdings and share restrictions on investor...

Corporate bond mutual funds increased their selling of credit protection in the credit default swaps (CDS) market during the 2007-08 financial crisis. This trading activity was primarily in multi-name CDSs, greater among larger and established funds, and directed towards counterparty dealers in...

Using the setting of funds of hedge funds (FoFs), we show that prime brokers (PBs) facilitate investors' search for informed hedge fund managers. We find that FoFs exhibit PB bias, a disproportionate preference for hedge funds serviced by their connected PBs. This PB bias is stronger when the...

We find that capital flows to hedge funds in different countries are influenced by the strength and the enforcement of investor protection laws in these countries. Hedge funds that are located in weak investor protection countries exhibit a greater sensitivity of investor outflow to poor...

The VIX index is not traded on the spot market. Hence, in contrast to other futures markets, the VIX futures contract and spot index are not linked by a no-arbitrage condition. We examine (a) whether predictability in the VIX index carries over to the futures market, and (b) whether there is...