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Hedge Fund Managers Who Eschew Asset Gathering, Melvyn Teo Oct 2013

Hedge Fund Managers Who Eschew Asset Gathering, Melvyn Teo

Research Collection BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre

Fund managers may eschew financial rewards for the non-pecuniary benefits from investment management. They may be highly focused on leaving a legacy of stellar returns when they retire and prefer to preserve their ability to generate those returns by staying small. Others may prefer to run small firms so as to devote more of their time and energy into investment activities as opposed to managing people. We empirically zero in on such managers by focusing on funds that have delivered superior returns but do not take advantage of their stellar performance track records to grow capital aggressively. We find that …


The Performance Of Listed Hedge Fund Firms, Lin Sun, Melvyn Teo Jul 2013

The Performance Of Listed Hedge Fund Firms, Lin Sun, Melvyn Teo

Research Collection BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre

We examine the impact of fund management company listing on hedge fund performance. We find that hedge funds managed by listed firms underperform those managed by unlisted firms by 1.89 per annum after adjusting for risk. Using an event study framework, we show that hedge fund performance deteriorates from 10.32 percent per year in the 36-month pre-listing window to 2.16 percent per year in the 36-month post-listing window. Over the same period, firm assets under management effectively double from US$1.54bn to US$3.04bn. There is no evidence to suggest that funds managed by listed firms are better able to manage operational …


Fate Work: A Conversation, Valentina Desideri, Stefano Harney Jan 2013

Fate Work: A Conversation, Valentina Desideri, Stefano Harney

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The article focuses on a conversation between dancer Valentina Desideri and professor Stefano Harney during the Spring Seminars of the Performance Art Forum (PAF) in Saint Erme, France. Harney suggests that fate work may be considered as a potential practice on the way work determines one's life. Desideri says that one can shape and construct his future through work under capitalism.