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Hedge Fund Returns: An Overview of Return-Based and Asset-Based Style Factors

The goal of modelling is to find one or more factors that offer the best explanatory power for a given variable. Applied to hedge fund returns, it allows their sources to be better understood. In the search for significant factors, two approaches can be employed, namely return-based style factors (RBS factors) and asset-based-style factors (ABS factors).

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Walter Géhin

Summary:

The goal of modelling is to find one or more factors that offer the best explanatory power for a given variable. Applied to hedge fund returns, it allows their sources to be better understood. In the search for significant factors, two approaches can be employed, namely return-based style factors (RBS factors) and asset-based-style factors (ABS factors).

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Type : EDHEC Publication
Date : 01/10/2006
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