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dc.contributorFaculty of Businessen_US
dc.contributor.advisorLi, Gang (AF)en_US
dc.creatorLee, Jay Hyun-
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/12226-
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHong Kong Polytechnic Universityen_US
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_US
dc.titleStudy on the diversification effect between two investment sectors : private equity and hedge fundsen_US
dcterms.abstractIn this study, I examine the simultaneous management of hedge funds and private equity funds and its impact on fund performance. I find that when an investment firm managing a hedge fund simultaneously manages a private equity fund, its existing hedge fund underperforms a peer pure play hedge fund. I also find that when an investment firm managing a private equity fund simultaneously manages a hedge fund, its existing private equity fund underperforms a peer pure play private equity fund. My results are consistently robust to different portfolio-return measurements, different subsample groups, and different sample selection methods. Overall, the empirical findings support the proposition that the cost effect overweighs the spillover effect from diversification between hedge funds and private equity funds, which are the two main vehicles in the large and fast-growing alternative investment market. Many alternative asset managers have shifted from one to the other as part of their growth strategy, but my findings suggest that such diversification is not beneficial to existing fund investors, which might be counterintuitive for some practitioners and academic researchers.en_US
dcterms.extentiv, 84 pages : color illustrationsen_US
dcterms.isPartOfPolyU Electronic Thesesen_US
dcterms.issued2023en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelD.B.A.en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelAll Doctorateen_US
dcterms.LCSHPrivate equityen_US
dcterms.LCSHHedge fundsen_US
dcterms.LCSHInvestmentsen_US
dcterms.LCSHHong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertationsen_US
dcterms.accessRightsrestricted accessen_US

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