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问题如下:
Winter Stone Associates Case Scenario
Alise Pukitis works as an analyst for Winter Stone Associates. Winter Stone is a hedge fund consulting specialist that provides analysis and access to hedge funds for family offices and high-net-worth investment advisers. Amy Chu is a senior wealth adviser with Brownstein Legacy Associates who has engaged Winter Stone to educate the firm on current investment opportunities within the hedge fund universe.
In an initial meeting with Chu, Pukitis provides a summary of the hedge fund landscape. Brownstein has historically invested in traditional long-only investment strategies in public markets for its clients. Pukitis tells Chu to expect the following characteristics when reviewing the hedge fund universe:
Pukitis explains that hedge funds are categorized and tracked by type. Exhibit 1 shows the six broad hedge fund categories tracked by Winter Stone.
Exhibit 1.
Hedge Fund Categories Tracked by Winter Stone
After reviewing the information, Chu tells Pukitis that she would like to receive more information on equity-related strategies. Pukitis makes the following statements to Chu regarding equity-related hedge fund managers:
Brownstein’s investment committee has identified the following characteristics it is seeking in the selection of a hedge fund manager: low to moderate levels of leverage, idiosyncratic alpha, long biased, and no concerns about investing in an illiquid strategy. Chu reviews a number of strategies on Winter Stone’s recommended list but is having a difficult time determining which strategy will meet the needs of Brownstein’s investment committee. She reaches out to Pukitis for help identifying the appropriate strategy to bring to the committee for approval.
QuestionWhich of Pukitis statement’s to Chu regarding equity-related hedge fund managers is most likely correct?
选项:
A.Statement 1
B.Statement 2
C.Statement 3
解释:
SolutionC is correct. Pukitis correctly states that equity market–neutral managers are likely to have high levels of diversification and turnover ratios.
A is incorrect. Although a lower beta to equity markets is a characteristic of long–short managers, it is not one of the attractive features of long–short strategies. If an investor wishes to have exposure to a strategy with lower equity beta, there are cheaper long-only approaches to accomplish this goal.
B is incorrect. Dedicated short-bias managers typically have low levels of leverage.
纯long和纯short的leverage都比long/short低对吗?