LEADER 04374nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910457251603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-97459-1 010 $a9786610974597 010 $a0-470-19891-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000356273 035 $a(EBL)315243 035 $a(OCoLC)476106305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000152575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157464 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10339419 035 $a(PQKB)10968122 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC315243 035 $a(CaSebORM)9780470128008 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL315243 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10295845 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL97459 035 $a(OCoLC)437191246 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000356273 100 $a20070514d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExtreme value hedging$b[electronic resource] $ehow activist hedge fund managers are taking on the world /$fRonald D. Orol 205 $a1st edition 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cJ. Wiley & Sons Inc.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-12800-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-359) and index. 327 $aExtreme Value Hedging; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: FROM RAIDERS TO ACTIVISTS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN; Chapter 1: Growth of Activism and Why Corporate Raiders Aren't Around Anymore; Factor 1: Asset Explosion; Factor 2: Deal Flow; Factor 3: Private Equity Funds; Factor 4: Fraud; Factor 5: Historical Context; Chapter 2: Nuts and Bolts; From Value Investing to Proxy Contests and Other Activist Tactics; Chapter 3: The Pack; Chapter 4: How Activists Use Litigation to Pursue Their Agenda; The Group Problem 327 $aChapter 5: Why Activists Target Certain Corporations and Leave Others AloneFending Off Activists: A New Corporate Agenda; Chapter 6: Overperked and Overpaid; Chapter 7: Hedge Specialization; Chapter 8: Regulation and Activists; Part Two: INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND ACTIVISTS; Chapter 9: Institutional Investors on Activist Hedge Funds; Chapter 10: Activists Taking on Large Corporations Must Have Institutional Support; Chapter 11: Institutions and Activist Hedge Funds; Chapter 12: Just Vote No and No and No Again 327 $aChapter 13: Institutions Changing Corporate Bylaws so Activist Hedge Funds Can Get Down to BusinessChapter 14: Can't Be Them? Then Fund Them; Chapter 15: Institutions Behaving Like Activist Hedge Fund Managers; Part Three: ACTIVISM 2.0; Chapter 16: Technology, Communications, and Activists; Chapter 17: When Is an Activist Fund Really a Private Equity Fund, and What ' s the Difference?; To Bid but Not to Buy; Hedgies Set Up Funds to Buy Companies; Chapter 18: Funds of Hedge Funds Stake Out Activists; Concentration: Good or Bad?; Due Diligence; Chapter 19: Distressed Investing; Loan to Own 327 $aChapter 20: Hedge Activists in Western Europe, Asia, and CanadaJapan; South Korea; Canada and Its Bailiwick; Chapter 21: East Meets West: Hedge Activism Goes Global to Emerging Markets; Chapter 22: Value Investing versus Activism; Conclusion: Saturation or No Saturation?; Notes; About the Author; Index 330 $aActivist hedge fund managers represent a small part of the 1.5 trillion hedge fund industry, but their approach is causing a stir among traditional managers and the investment community because they are shaking up the corporate establishment and making money for their investors. These types of managers are here to stay and Extreme Value Hedging tells the story of their rise to power in the U.S. and how they are spreading their influential gospel around the globe to places like China, Ukraine, South Korea and Sweden. Author Ronald D. Orol has a unique understanding of this world and through th 606 $aHedge funds 606 $aHedging (Finance) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHedge funds. 615 0$aHedging (Finance) 676 $a332.64/524 700 $aOrol$b Ronald D$0989599 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457251603321 996 $aExtreme value hedging$92263430 997 $aUNINA