Overview
In this issue of the Financial Analysts Journal, you will find the following articles:
Should Defined Contribution Plans Include Private Equity Investments?
Gregory W. Brown, Keith J. Crouch, CFA, Andra Ghent, Robert S. Harris, Yael V. Hochberg, Tim Jenkinson, Steven N. Kaplan, Richard Maxwell, and David T. Robinson
Improving Interest Rate Risk Hedging Strategies through Regularization
Daniel Mantilla-Garcia, Lionel Martellini, Vincent Milhau, and Hector Enrique Ramirez-Garrido
Climate Change Vulnerability and Currency Returns
Alexander Cheema-Fox, George Serafeim, and Hui (Stacie) Wang
Maximum Drawdown as Predictor of Mutual Fund Performance and Flows
Timothy Riley, CFA, and Qing Yan
Analyst Incentives and Stock Return Synchronicity: Evidence from MiFID II
Yihan Li, Xin Liu, and Vesa Pursiainen
Effects of Venture Capital Mega-Deals on IPO Success and Post-IPO Performance
Nico Lehnertz, Carolin Plagmann, and Eva Lutz
Private Debt Fund Returns, Persistence, and Market Conditions
Pascal Böni and Sophie Manigart
Litigation Risk and Stock Return Anomaly
Jun Duanmu, CFA, Qiping Huang, Yongjia Li, and Lingna Sun