Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:35:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wilson_Motta_Miceli.pdf: 1094265 bytes, checksum: 5165e68d2ea0db5cb92a1fcd0d0a6665 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-28 / The present scenario of interest rate reduction has been object of discussion in the financial market, specially in asset management offices, that aim yield alternatives and portfolio risk mitigation. The comprehension of the reasons of the reduced use of derivatives by hedge funds required an exploratory analysis in asset management offices. The exploratory research, along with the fund managers was done through a list of questions sent by e-mail to hedge funds directors and managers. The behavior of the agricultural derivatives price at BM&F was also used to calculate the risk and return of a portfolio formed by six agricultural futures contracts. In the period studied, the analysis showed that these instruments can reduce portfolio risk and bring a higher return than the interest rate used in the market. The descriptive analysis and non-parametric techniques done by the Cluster analysis along with the Mann-Whitney test and the Crammer correlation showed that there are some operational and structural obstacles related to derivatives instruments witch can explain the low use of agricultural derivatives in hedge funds. / O cen??rio atual de redu????o da taxa de juros tem sido objeto de discuss??o nos meios financeiros, em especial, na gest??o de recursos, que busca alternativas de rentabilidade e mitiga????o no risco de carteira. Este estudo referiu-se a uma an??lise explorat??ria, junto aos Assets Managements, para investigar as raz??es que determinam o reduzido uso destes instrumentos derivativos pelos fundos de investimentos multimercados. Para tanto procurou-se analisar o comportamento dos pre??os dos derivativos agropecu??rios negociados na BM&F, calculando-se o risco da carteira, formada por seis contratos futuros agropecu??rios, e o seu retorno. Esta an??lise demonstrou, no per??odo avaliado, que estes instrumentos podem reduzir o risco da carteira e promoveram um retorno pouco acima da taxa de juros de mercado. A pesquisa explorat??ria, junto aos gestores dos fundos de investimentos foi realizada atrav??s de question??rios enviados por e-mail aos diretores e gestores dos fundos multimercados. A an??lise descritiva conjugada com t??cnicas n??o-param??tricas, atrav??s da an??lise de cluster acoplada com os testes de Mann-Whitney e a correla????o de Cram??r demonstraram que existem alguns obst??culos de car??ter operacional e estrutural, referentes aos instrumentos derivativos, que explicam o baixo uso dos derivativos agropecu??rios nas carteiras dos fundos multimercados.