ESSAYS IN HEDGE FUND GOVERNANCE

This dissertation comprises of three essays and that seeks to contribute new evidence and address critical gaps in hedge fund governance literature. The first paper address a critical gap in prior literature of hedge fund board of directors, an emerging topic of importance in hedge fund governance literature. We study investor reaction to removal of independent and jumbo directors in hedge fund board of directors. The second paper investigates the impact of the Dodd–Frank Act (DFA) on the investor fund flow of US-based medium-sized hedge fund advisers (MSA). The third paper study seeks to contribute to several critical gap in the SDI literature, and contribute new evidence regarding the correlation risk-adjusted performance of funds with high strategy distinctiveness indexes (SDIs).

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Cambridge

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Wong, Chong Wei Runrun

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Chambers, David

• Hedge Fund Governance
• Hedge Fund
• Board of Directors

Licence

• https://apollo8-f-pro.lib.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/a51d93e9-2cfd-4b24-ad72-e2e1e75b4738/download
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Language dc:language

en

DOI dc:identifier.doi

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.40097

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/292945