4.5 - Equity Hedge Funds Flashcards

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Fundamental Law of Active Management (FLOAM)

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  • 2 components: breadth and skill of actively managed strategies

Breadth - # of independent active trades (short term, uncorrelated trades) in an actively managed portfolio in one year

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FLOAM Information Coefficient

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IC -> information coefficient: measures skill as correlation between actual realized and forecasted managerial returns

IC = correlation (forecasted returns, actual returns)

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FLOAM Information Ratio

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IR = IC * √breadth

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