# Professor Roy Smith examines a new study on gender and hedge funds

1 Faculty News March 6, 2016 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/gender-bias-in-hedge-funds-1457321028) -- "[Roy Smith](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/roy-smith), professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business, raises another concern about the data used by the researchers. Performance data for hedge funds is reported on a voluntary basis, 'with some firms not reporting, or reporting incorrectly,' he says, meaning it may not accurately reflect the industry, casting some doubt on the study’s conclusions."

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