1.

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795288803321

Titolo

Monstrosity from the inside out / / edited by Teresa Cutler-Broyles, Marko Teodorski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Inter-Disciplinary Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-84888-224-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

700.47

Soggetti

Monsters in literature

Monsters in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Teresa Cutler-Broyles and Marko Teodorski -- Reflecting the Monster’s Future: The Commodification of Sirens / Marko Teodorski -- The Monstrous Hermaphroditic Clone as Backward Progress: A Reading of Ralf Isau’s Thriller Die Galerie der Lügen oder Der Unachtsame Schläfer / Angelika Baier -- Postmodern Potencies: Interrogating the Monstrous Sign in Contemporary Society / Janhavi Mittal -- The Dark Defender: Dexter and Making Heroes out of Serial Killers / Joanna Ioannidou -- ‘You Need Us’: Configuring the Family in Post-9/11 Zombie Cinema / Emily Dezurick-Badran -- Haunted Communities: The Greek Vampire or the Uncanny at the Core of Nation Construction / Álvaro García Marín -- Muslim Monsters/American Heroes: Sleeper Cell and Homeland as the New Face of Fear / Teresa Cutler-Broyles -- ‘Thing without Form’: Peter Ackroyd’s Monstrous City / Marta Komsta -- A Bad Romance: Lady Gaga and the Return of the



Divine Monster / Lise Dilling-Hansen -- Here Be Dragons (and Vampires, and Zombies): The Politics of Monstrous Communities / Jack Fennell.