HEDGE FUND MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES AND PERFORMANCE

Yıl 2011, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2, 231 - 239, 01.12.2011

Nor Hadaliza Abd Rahman

Öz

The growth of the hedge fund industry over the decades has brought an interesting form of performance contract between the portfolio managers and their investors. The contractual relation has given an impact to the performance of the hedge fund industry, which benefited both fund managers and investors. Furthermore, it has created more investors and fund managers to participate in this high risk and high return investment. Currently, many issues on fee structures and performance- based incentives have been discussed. Do these issues affect the performance of the hedge fund in the market? This paper will investigate the issues in Australian market. It will empirically analyze the hedge fund performance in relation to the market performance and whether managerial incentives and discretions associated with better fund performance

Anahtar Kelimeler

Managerial Performance, Fund Performance, Market Performance

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