Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155759 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CFR Working Paper No. 15-08
Version Description: 
March 2017
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR), Cologne
Abstract: 
CAPM alpha explains hedge fund flows better than alphas from more sophisticated models. This suggests that investors pool together sophisticated model alpha with returns from exposures to traditional (except for the market) and exotic risks. We decompose performance into traditional and exotic risk components and find that while investors chase both components, they place greater relative emphasis on returns associated with exotic risk exposures that can only be obtained through hedge funds. However, we find little evidence of persistence in performance from traditional or exotic risks, which cautions against investors' practice of seeking out risk exposures following periods of recent success.
Subjects: 
Hedge Funds
Investor Flows
Alpha
Alternative Beta
Exotic Beta
JEL: 
G11
G20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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