TY - JOUR T1 - The Influence of Macroeconomic and Behavioral<br/>Factors on Tactical Strategy Allocation (TSA)<br/>for Funds of Hedge Funds JF - The Journal of Wealth Management SP - 63 LP - 76 DO - 10.3905/jwm.2013.16.2.063 VL - 16 IS - 2 AU - Gaurav Anand AU - Iliya Kutsarov AU - Thomas Maier AU - Marcus Storr Y1 - 2014/07/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/16/2/63.abstract N2 - Market factors like high yield credit spreads, merger spreads, or Fama French factors—commonly addressed as alternative beta factors—have been shown to significantly impact the performance of many hedge fund strategies. However, the nature of the influence as determining factors for the risk/return profiles of hedge fund strategies and their benefit for tactical strategy allocation (TSA) have only been fractionally discussed in the academic world. This study highlights the non-linear influence of macroeconomic factors (OECD lead indicator), market factors (volatility), and behavioral factors (crowdedness and risk aversion) on the performance of various hedge fund strategies and tactical strategy allocation for funds of hedge funds. A kernel regression technique is employed to address the non-linear and the non-Gaussian distributed hedge fund returns. Finally, similar to traditional asset classes, the importance of TSA within the context of funds of hedge funds has been shown.TOPICS: Real assets/alternative investments/private equity, analysis of individual factors/risk premia, statistical methods, performance measurement ER -