Optimal hedge fund portfolios under liquidation risk
R. Gibson Brandon and
S. Gyger
Quantitative Finance, 2011, vol. 11, issue 1, 53-67
Abstract:
We use an expected utility framework to integrate the liquidation risk of hedge funds into portfolio allocation problems. The introduction of realistic investment constraints complicates the determination of the optimal solution, which is solved using a genetic algorithm that mimics the mechanism of natural evolution. We analyse the impact of the liquidation risk, of the investment constraints and of the agent's degree of risk aversion on the optimal allocation and on the optimal certainty equivalent of hedge fund portfolios. We observe, in particular, that the portfolio weights and their performance are significantly affected by liquidation risk. Finally, tight portfolio constraints can only provide limited protection against liquidation risk. This approach is of special interest to fund of hedge fund managers who wish to include the hedge fund liquidation risk in their portfolio optimization scheme.
Keywords: Hedge funds; Portfolio management; Portfolio optimization; Genetic algorithms; Liquidation risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/14697688.2010.506883
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