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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457731303321

Autore

Gregoriou Greg N. <1956->

Titolo

Evaluating hedge fund and CTA performance [[electronic resource] ] : data envelopment analysis approach / / Greg N. Gregoriou, Joe Zhu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : J.  Wiley, c2005

ISBN

1-280-27681-9

9786610276813

0-471-73004-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance series

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhuJoe <1968->

Disciplina

332.64/5

Soggetti

Hedge funds - Evaluation

Data envelopment analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fund selection and data envelopment analysis -- Dea models -- Classification methods -- Benchmarking models -- Data, inputs and outputs -- Application of basic dea models -- Application of returns-to-scale -- Application of context-dependent dea -- Application of fixed-and variable-benchmark models -- Closing remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

Introducing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) -- a quantitative approach to assess the performance of hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, and commodity trading advisors. Steep yourself in this approach with this important new book by Greg Gregoriou and Joe Zhu. ""This book steps beyond the traditional trade-off between single variables for risk and return in the determination of investment portfolios. For the first time, a comprehensive procedure is presented to compose portfolios using multiple measures of risk and return simultaneously. This approach represents a watershed in portfolio