Johnson The Hedge Fund Fraud Casebook

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-60291-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Finance Editions

An in-depth, well-researched look at 100 hedge fund frauds
Compared to mutual funds, hedge funds are the James Bonds of themarketplace. They have been relatively unfettered by governmentregulation, and they play bigger games, take bigger risks, useunorthodox methods, and have the power to capture the publicimagination in a way that their lesser counterparts have difficultyapproaching. At once fascinating and startling, The Hedge FundFraud Casebook provides readers with a broad knowledge of hedgefund regulation through a look at the first 100 cases of provenfraud at hedge funds.
Compiling concrete data on cases of hedge fund fraud, TheHedge Fund Fraud Casebook provides you with a factualfoundation for assessing this difficult area of risk.
* First comprehensive survey of hedge fund fraud including 100chronological fraud cases
* Includes descriptions of each case, diagram of the playerinteraction, and tables detailing monies recovered, fines paid,prison terms, and professional sanctions
* Useful for both individual and professional investors,particularly given the last eighteen months of fraud andmismanagement among leading financial professionals andcompanies
The Hedge Fund Fraud Casebook provides a hedge fundprofessional's look at fraud and can help you prevent or avoidsimilar frauds in the future. It's a vital resource for any hedgefund manager or investor.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Bruce

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part One: Life, Death, and Degeneration.
Chapter 1: Historic Roots of Prohibitions against Fraud.
Chapter 2: Assumptions Regarding Events and Uncertainties in theMortality of Hedge Funds.
Chapter 3: Uncertainties and Events within the Law EnforcementSystem.
Part Two: Cases and Conclusions.
Chapter 4: Cases.
Chapter 5: Summary: Case Group Characteristics.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

BRUCE JOHNSON spent more than a decade as a hedge fund practitioner, managing and advising funds. He was CEO of Albourne America LLC, the U.S. arm of Albourne Partners, a hedge fund advisory firm based in London. While at Albourne, Johnson researched new approaches to hedge fund due diligence including the quantitative analysis of "fund failure" and hedge fund credit. After an earlier career as an architect and city planner in New York and London, Johnson has gained twenty-four years worth of experience in finance, including extended postings in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and London. While head of Global Research for Baring Securities, he published an important paper on the future of the Chinese and Indian economies, correctly predicting their current impact on global trade, and also created and managed the first investible global emerging markets equity index.