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Do hedge funds’ exposures to risk factors predict their future returns?

Amanda WhiteMarch 9, 2010 | 11.24pm

This research examines hedge funds’ exposures to various financial and macroeconomic risk factors with the results indicating a positive and significant link between default premium beta and future hedge fund returns as well as a negative and significant link between inflation beta and future hedge fund returns.

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