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An institutional allocator uses a Sortino Ratio to evaluate a hedge fund specializing in merger arbitrage.
Why might this metric be preferred over the Sharpe Ratio for this specific strategy?
- Merger arbitrage has negative skew; the Sortino Ratio only penalizes downside volatility below a threshold, ignoring welcome upside moves.
- It is not preferred; the Sharpe Ratio is the only coherent measure for all investment-grade mandates.
- The Sortino Ratio accounts for 'volatility laundering' by using realized drawdowns instead of monthly standard deviation.
- Merger arbitrage is a market-neutral strategy; the Sortino Ratio eliminates the benchmark beta from the calculation.
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