Onshore and Offshore Hedge Funds: Are They Twins?
比较美国在岸与离岸对冲基金在组织设计、投资策略、资金流动和业绩上的差异，发现监管和投资者类型影响基金行为。
Contrary to offshore hedge funds, U.S.-domiciled (“onshore”) funds are subject to strict marketing prohibitions, accredited investor requirements, a limited number of investors, and taxable accounts. We exploit these differences to test predictions about organizational design, investment strategy, capital flows, and fund performance. We find that onshore funds are associated with greater share restrictions, more liquid assets, and a reduced sensitivity of capital flows to superior past performance. We also find some evidence that onshore funds outperform offshore funds, depending on the sample period. The results suggest that a fund's investment and financial policies reflect differences in investor clienteles and the regulatory environment. This paper was accepted by Wei Xiong, finance.