Hedge Funds in Financial Markets

Dear Colleagues,

Hedge funds play an increasingly important role in financial markets. Their flexible trading strategies and dynamic risk exposures make them a key group of real-world arbitrageurs. Furthermore, hedge fund activities also influence corporate finance decisions and corporate governance. The goal of this issue is to further expand our understating of the role and behavior of hedge funds and similar investment vehicles (e.g., private equity funds and separate accounts) in financial markets, both in developed and emerging economies. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Risks and performance
• Dynamics of trading strategies and investment styles
• Risk management and hedging
• Impacts on market efficiency
• Benchmark factors and models
• Demand and supply of liquidity and information
• Fund flows and investor behavior
• Managerial incentives and behavior
• AI, ESG, FinTech, and other innovations
• Conflicts of interest in fund management
• Disclosure, governance, and financial regulation
• Activism and effects on corporate governance
• Interaction with retail investors and other types of institutional investors

We welcome both empirical or theoretical submissions and encourage novel data sources and methods.

Prof. Dr. Yong Chen
Guest Editor

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• hedge fund
• risks
• performance
• role in financial markets