Female hedge fund managers have a decidedly more compelling risk return profile than do their male counterparts, a new study shows. The key returns demographic, most coveted by institutions, has been dominated by females for the previous five years When it comes to the sweet spot of returns, female hedge fund managers excel. Based on five year return percentiles, 40 percent of woman-run hedge funds fall in the 5 to 25 percent returns category while half as many, 20 percent of male-run hedge funds fall in this category. The 5 to 25 percent range is critical because this area in…
Profiling Female Hedge Fund Performance And Noting Differences
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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