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Equipex D-FIH Donnes Financires Historiques

The Role of Hedge Funds in Security Price Formation Process


presented by William Goetzmann Director International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management and Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies, Yale School of Management

discussion to be introduced by Emmanuel Boussard CIO, Boussard & Gavaudan October 21st, 2011, 09H00 11H00 Institut Louis Bachelier, Salle de sminaire Palais Brongniart 28 Place de la Bourse 75002 PARIS
This discussion presents direct evidence on the role of hedge funds in the price formation process of security prices by using a hand -collect data of hedge fund ownership. Among undervalued stocks, hedge funds on average tend to hold stocks with larger mispricing and higher idiosyncratic risk in the cross-section. The change in hedge fund holdings is informative about future stock returns over the horizon of up to two quarters. Finally, hedge fund ownership is significantly relate d to a reduction in stocks under-valuation. Overall, these findings suggest that, in comparison to other types of institutions, hedge funds play a positive and unique role in stock price formation process in holding under-valued stocks and subsequently re ducing mispricing in the equity markets.

limited seating, kindly RSVP to: cristina.herfort@institutlouisbachelier.org

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