Hedge Fund Monitor

Hedge funds provide a number of benefits to financial markets. For example, they perform arbitrage that reduces or eliminates mispricing across similar securities and instruments. They provide liquidity in periods of calm and stress. They add depth and breadth to capital markets. Finally, they take risks that otherwise would have remained on the balance sheets of other financial institutions, thereby providing an important source of risk transfer and diversification. However, some of these activities include risks, such as high leverage or reliance on short-term funding. Further, hedge funds may pull back from activities that provide the above-mentioned benefits. The Hedge Fund Monitor aggregates data across public and private sources and presents these data in an easy-to-use tool.

Size chart depicting
OFR's collection of interactive charts depicting the size of the hedge fund industry.
 Leverage chart depicting
OFR's collection of interactive charts depicting hedge fund leverage.
 Counterparties chart depicting
OFR's collection of interactive charts depicting counterparty concentration in the hedge fund industry.
 Liquidity chart depicting
OFR's collection of interactive charts depicting hedge fund liquidity (financing, portfolio, and investor).
 Complexity chart depicting
OFR's collection of interactive charts depicting hedge fund complexity.
 Risk Management chart depicting
OFR's collection of interactive charts depicting hedge fund risk management practices.

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Suggested Citation

Office of Financial Research, "Hedge Fund Monitor," refreshed monthly and quarterly, https://www.financialresearch.gov/hedge-fund-monitor/ (accessed ).