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Pension funds' allocations to hedge funds: an empirical analysis of US and Canadian defined benefit plans

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  • V. Bouvatier
  • S. Rigot

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This article investigates the characteristics of US and Canadian pension funds that allocate assets to hedge funds. The typical pension fund that invests in hedge funds is a large sophisticated pension fund that diversifies its portfolio across numerous classes of investments, private equity in particular, uses a core-satellite organization and has access to low delegation costs for alternative assets. Moreover, we find that pension funds investing in hedge funds significantly obtained higher global returns.

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  • V. Bouvatier & S. Rigot, 2013. "Pension funds' allocations to hedge funds: an empirical analysis of US and Canadian defined benefit plans," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(26), pages 3701-3710, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:45:y:2013:i:26:p:3701-3710
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2012.725932
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