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Optimal allocation to hedge funds: an empirical analysis 

Authors: J. Cvitanic a;  A. Lazrak b;  L. Martellini c; F. Zapatero c
Affiliations:   a Departments of Mathematics and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1113, USA.
b Finance Department, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z2 and Universiteacute d'Evry, France.
c Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Hoffman Hall 701, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1427, USA.
DOI: 10.1088/1469-7688/3/1/303
Publication Frequency: 10 issues per year
Published in: journal Quantitative Finance, Volume 3, Issue 1 January 2003 , pages 28 - 39
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Abstract


What percentage of their portfolio should investors allocate to hedge funds? The only available answers to the above question are set in a static mean-variance framework, with no explicit accounting for uncertainty on the active manager's ability to generate abnormal return, and usually generate unreasonably high allocations to hedge funds. In this paper, we apply the model introduced in Cvitanic et al (2002b Working Paper USC) for optimal investment strategies in the presence of uncertain abnormal returns to a database of hedge funds. We find that the presence of the model risk significantly decreases an investor's optimal allocation to hedge funds. Another finding of this paper is that low beta hedge funds may serve as natural substitutes for a significant portion of investor risk-free asset holdings.
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