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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143585803321

Autore

Lhabitant François-Serge

Titolo

Handbook of hedge funds [[electronic resource] /] / François-Serge Lhabitant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2006

ISBN

1-119-20202-7

1-280-74010-8

9786610740109

0-470-06112-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (655 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance series

Disciplina

332.64/5

332.645

Soggetti

Hedge funds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-623) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Hedge Funds; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 History Revisited; 3 Legal Environment; 4 Operational and Organizational Structures; 5 Understanding the Tools Used by Hedge Funds; 6 Introduction; 7 Long/Short Equity Strategies; 8 Dedicated Short; 9 Equity Market Neutral; 10 Distressed Securities; 11 Merger Arbitrage; 12 Convertible Arbitrage; 13 Fixed Income Arbitrage; 14 Emerging Markets; 15 Global Macro; 16 Managed Futures and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs); 17 A Smorgasbord of Other Strategies; 18 Measuring Net Asset Values and Returns; 19 Return Statistics and Risk

20 Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures21 Databases, Indices and Benchmarks; 22 Introduction; 23 Revisiting the Benefits and Risks of Hedge Fund Investing; 24 Asset Allocation and Hedge Funds; 25 Hedge Fund Selection: A Route Through the Maze; 26 Funds of Hedge Funds; 27 Structured Products on Hedge Funds; 28 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive guide to the burgeoning hedge fund industry Intended as a comprehensive reference for investors and fund and portfolio managers, Handbook of Hedge Funds combines new material



with updated information from Francois-Serge L'habitant's two other successful hedge fund books. This book features up-to-date regulatory and historical information, new case studies and trade examples, detailed analyses of investment strategies, discussions of hedge fund indices and databases, and tips on portfolio construction. Francois-Serge L'habitant (Geneva, Switzerland) is the Head