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Investors need to be really confident large hedge funds are going to deliver reasonably high Sharpes consistently

Friday, February 12, 2016

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Investors need to be really confident that the large funds they are invested with are able to continue to deliver reasonably high Sharpes consistently in order to justify the high fees relative to the returns, said David Beddington, founding partner of alternative investment firm Dacharan during the latest Opalesque Zurich Roundtable.

Bedington said that the fee managers’ charge needs to be viewed relative to the volatility and relative to the risk the managers are taking on behalf of investors.

"Just run the math quickly in your head. If a fund is giving you 3% volatility, and has a Sharpe of two, that’s actually a fair amount of skill. A Sharpe of two gross with 3% vol, that’s a 6% return if we look at it very simply. Put a 20% performance and 2% management fee on top, throw in a few administration costs, and all of a sudden the investor is paying more in fees than he is getting back. And this is for a manager delivering a Sharpe of two. If that Sharpe drops to one or a half – so there is still trading edge there – but all of a sudden the investor is giving up everything to the manager. If that Sharpe flattens to zero for a year, the investor is actually giving back in fees a large chunk of the prior years’ returns.

"Therefore, people need to be really confident that these large funds are going to deliver these reasonably hi......................

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