Handbook of hedge funds /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley,
©2006.
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| Series: | Wiley finance series
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=184908 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- TOContents
- Foreword
- CH Introduction
- Part I Hedge Fund Overview
- CH History Revisited
- 2.1 The Very Early Years: The 1930s. 2.2 The Formative Years (1949-1968). 2.3 The Dark Ages (1969-1974). 2.4 The Renaissance (1975-1997). 2.5 The Asian and Russian Crises (1997-1998). 2.6 The Equity Bubble Years
- 2.7 Hedge Funds Today
- 2.8 The Key Characteristics of Modern Hedge Funds
- 2.9 The Future
- CH Legal Environment
- 3.1 The Situation in the US. 3.2 The Situation in Europe
- 3.3 The Situation in Asia
- 3.4 Internet and the Global Village
- CH Operational and Organizational Structures
- 4.1 Legal Structures for Stand-Alone Funds
- 4.2 A Network of Service Providers
- 4.3 Specific Investment Structures
- 4.4 Disclosure and Documents
- CH Understanding the Tools Used by Hedge Funds
- 5.1 Buying and Selling using a Cash Account
- 5.2 Buying on Margin
- 5.3 Short Selling and Securities Lending
- 5.4 Derivatives
- 5.5 Leverage
- Part II Hedge Fund Strategies and Trade Examples
- CH Introduction
- CH Long/Short Equity Strategies
- 7.1 The Mechanics of Long/Short Equity Investing
- 7.2 Investment Approaches
- 7.3 Historical Performance
- CH Dedicated Short
- 8.1 The Pros and Cons of Dedicated Short Selling
- 8.2 Typical Target Companies and Reactions
- 8.3 Historical Performance
- CH Equity Market Neutral
- 9.1 Definitions of Market Neutrality
- 9.2 Examples of Equity Market Neutral Strategies and Trades
- 9.3 Historical Performance
- CH0 Distressed Securities
- 10.1 Distressed Securities Markets
- 10.2 Distressed Securities Investing
- 10.3 Examples of Distressed Trades
- 10.4 Historical Performance
- CH1 Merger Arbitrage
- A Historical Perspective / 11.1 Mergers and Acquisitions
- Basic Principles / 11.2 Implementing Merger Arbitrage
- 11.3 The Risks Inherent in Merger Arbitrage
- 11.4 Historical Performance
- CH.
- 2 Convertible Arbitrage
- 12.1 The Terminology of Convertible Bonds
- 12.2 Valuation of Convertible Bonds
- 12.3 Convertible Arbitrage: the Basic Delta Hedge Strategy
- Stripping and Swapping / 12.4 Convertible Arbitrage in Practice
- 12.5 The Strategy Evolution
- 12.6 Historical Performance
- CH3 Fixed Income Arbitrage
- 13.1 The Basic Tools of Fixed Income Arbitrage
- 13.2 Examples of Sub-Strategies
- 13.3 Historical Performance
- CH4 Emerging Markets
- 14.1 The Case for Emerging Market Hedge Funds
- 14.2 Examples of Strategies
- 14.3 Historical Performance
- CH5 Global Macro
- 15.1 Global Macro Investment Approaches
- 15.2 Examples of Global Macro Trades
- 15.3 Historical Performance
- CH6 Managed Futures and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). 16.1 The Various Styles of Managed Futures
- 16.2 Examples of Systematic Trading Rules
- 16.3 Historical Performance
- 16.4 The Future of Managed Futures
- CH7 A Smorgasbord of Other Strategies
- 17.1 Capital Structure Arbitrage and Credit Strategies
- 17.2 Weather Derivatives.