Herewith an update of some research of mine on the relative performance of Emerging or Early Stage Hedge funds versus that of their older typically larger brethren. Given the recent announcement by CalPERS that they are withdrawing from hedge funds I thought it might be germane to show that notwithstanding CalPERS exit there remain some signs of life for hedge funds yet.
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Emerging manager renaissance
1. Early signs of a renaissance in Emerging Manager
Hedge Fund Returns ?
By Peter Urbani, KnowRisk Consulting
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2. Why Emerging Managers ?
• Emerging Manager Funds (defined here as those Hedge Funds Funds which are less
than 36 months old and have less than $300m in AUM) tend to be run by highly
motivated, entrepreneurial and focused managers.
• In addition, the exploitable opportunity set they have identified in the marketplace
is more likely to persist over the short-term.
• Simply put – Emerging / Early Stage Managers try harder.
• All of this translates into excess returns or alpha of up to 600bp per annum*.
• It is fair to say that the ‘price’ of this excess alpha is in the form of higher business
risk associated with a start-up operation.
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3. Why Emerging Managers ?
• This places a higher burden of responsibility on those performing qualitative due
diligence to verify the managers ability to properly scale and grow their businesses.
• * Depending on which database is used some of this may be attributed to backfill
and / or survivor bias. However, notwithstanding these biases, Emerging Managers
deliver at least 200bp per annum in excess of the returns of established managers.
• Emerging Managers do have occasional periods of relative underperformance to
established managers , typically after crisis periods, however the drawdowns
associated with Emerging Managers are also lower.
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4. Average Returns decrease with time
Average Hedge Fund Returns versus no of Months
13.0%
12.0%
11.0%
10.0%
9.0%
8.0%
7.0%
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8.92%
6.0%
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102 108 114 120 126
No of Months
Returns ( Annualised )
Avg Ann Returns per no of months
Avg Ann Returns - All periods
The Seven Year Itch ?
6. Emerging vs. Established Returns
Emerging Managers versus Established Managers
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
Emerging Managers less than 12 months old and less than
$100m AUM
Established Managers older than 12 months
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3101
844
0
94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
7. Emerging vs. Established Returns
Emerging Managers versus Established Managers
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
Emerging Managers less than 24 months old and less than
$200m AUM
Established Managers older than 24 months
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2007
638
0
94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
8. Emerging vs. Established Returns
Emerging Managers versus Established Managers
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
Emerging Managers less than 36 months old and less than
$300m AUM
Established Managers older than 36 months
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1786
469
0
94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
9. Emerging vs. Established Statistics
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10. What about Survivorship Bias ?
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11. Only 20% of Funds ever exceed $1bn
Time to achieve AUM Milestones versus % Achieving AUM
1500
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
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1416
26
587
449
345
237
131
9.39%7.80%
11.68%
15.27%
21.19%
3.72%
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Average time in Months
AUM $m
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
% Achieving AUM
Average Fund Size at time
% of Funds achieving AUM
12. Emerging Manager ‘Alpha’
Emerging versus Established Manager 'Alpha'
14.00%
12.00%
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
-2.00%
-4.00%
MorningStar EM Alpha Eurekahedge EM Alpha
98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
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13. Fund of Funds Flows finally turn up
Net Asset Flows to Fund of Hedge Funds 1990 – Q2 2014
$120,000
$80,000
$40,000
$0
($40,000)
($80,000)
($120,000)
Source: HFR
1990
1991
1992
1993
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1998
1999
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2003
2004
2005
2006
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2011
2012
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14. Number of Funds recovering
Number of Hedge Funds and FoF
11000
10000
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Source: HFR
FoF HF
1990
1991
1992
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2002
2003
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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2011
2012
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15. Emerging vs. Established Returns
Emerging v.s. Established Manager Returns
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
-10.0%
-20.0%
Emerging Managers less than 36 months old and less than $300m AUM
Established Managers older than 36 months
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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16. Conclusions
• After struggling mightily post the GFC there are finally some early signs of a
possible renaissance in Emerging Manager excess returns or ‘Emerging Manager
Alpha’.
• The recent downturn was caused by ongoing fallout from the GFC, uncertainty
about pending legislation and consolidation in the Funds of Funds space.
• The total number of Hedge Funds and FoF is approaching its pre crisis high of over
10,000 funds
• More importantly, Fund of Funds which were a major source of seed capital for
Emerging Managers have finally stopped hemorrhaging AUM.
• As a result we expect to see continued improvements in relative outperformance
from Emerging Managers as hedge fund issuance / new launches picks up.
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17. Emerging Manager ‘Alpha’
Emerging versus Established Manager 'Alpha'
14.00%
12.00%
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
-2.00%
-4.00%
MorningStar EM Alpha Eurekahedge EM Alpha
98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
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20. Important Notes
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