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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828090603321

Autore

Johnson Bruce <1947 Feb. 4->

Titolo

The hedge fund fraud casebook [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

0-470-60293-7

1-119-19979-4

1-282-48189-4

9786612481895

0-470-60291-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Wiley Finance ; ; v.571

Disciplina

364.16/3

364.163

Soggetti

Securities fraud - United States

Hedge funds - Corrupt practices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The Hedge Fund Fraud Casebook; Contents; Preface: Hedge Fund Life and Death; ALL ROADS START SOMEWHERE ELSE; WHAT'S DOING IN DUE DILIGENCE?; THE SUCCESS OF FAILURE; CREDIT IS THE PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; BAITING FRAUD; Acknowledgments; Introduction; FINANCE IS SCIENCE; FRAUD IS LAW; Part One: Life, Death, and Degeneration; Chapter 1: Historic Roots of Prohibitions against Fraud; Chapter 2: Assumptions Regarding Events and Uncertainties in the Mortality of Hedge Funds; Chapter 3: Uncertainties and Events within the Law Enforcement System; Part Two: Cases and Conclusions; Chapter 4: Cases

Chapter 5: Summary: Case Group CharacteristicsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

An in-depth, well-researched look at 100 hedge fund frauds Compared to mutual funds, hedge funds are the James Bonds of the marketplace. They have been relatively unfettered by government regulation, and they play bigger games, take bigger risks, use unorthodox methods, and have the power to capture the public imagination in a way that their lesser counterparts have difficulty approaching. At once



fascinating and startling, The Hedge Fund Fraud Casebook provides readers with a broad knowledge of hedge fund regulation through a look at the first 100 cases of proven fraud at hedg