Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87215 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 11-084/2/DSF 23
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Standard risk metrics tend to underestimate the true risks of hedge funds becauseof serial correlation in the reported returns. Getmansky et al. (2004) derive mean,variance, Sharpe ratio, and beta formulae adjusted for serial correlation. Followingtheir lead, adjusted downside and global measures of individual and systemic risksare derived. We distinguish between normally and fat tailed distributed returnsand show that adjustment is particularly relevant for downside risk measures in thecase of fat tails. A hedge fund case study reveals that the unadjusted risk measuresconsiderably underestimate the true extent of individual and systemic risks.
Subjects: 
Hedge funds
Serial correlation
Systemic risk
VaR
Pareto distribution.
JEL: 
G12
G23
G28
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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