Computer-driven hedge funds have had a difficult time in torrid markets this year, and allocators to them are cautioning investors should not expect the strategy automatically to act as ‘portfolio insurance’ in stressed markets.
Commonly used hedge fund databases suffer problems of bias, missing data and limitations in identifying correlations between factors such as age and size of funds and their performances, according to academic research from the UK and Finland.
Per-Olov Jansson founded Cardea International to provide investors with an alternative to long-only bond and equity investments.