Wilson Visual Guide to Hedge Funds

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-41964-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bloomberg Professional

Vivid graphics make hedge funds, how they work and how to investin them, accessible for investors and finance professionals
Despite the recent wave of scandals related to the hedge fundindustry, interest in hedge funds as a relatively safe alternativeinvestment remains high. Yet details about how the industryoperates and the strategies employed by different types of hedgefunds is hard to come by. With increasing calls from lawmakers andthe media for industry reform, it is incumbent upon financeprofessionals and high-net-worth individuals to take a good lookbefore leaping into hedge funds. That's where the BloombergVisual Guide to Hedge Funds comes in. It provides a graphicallyrich, comprehensive overview of the industry and its practitioners,zeroing in on how different types of hedge funds work.
* Based on extensive interviews with hedge fund managers,analysts and other industry experts, the book provides a detailedlook at the industry and how it works
* Outlines investment strategies employed by both long and shorthedge funds, as well as global macro strategies
* Arms you with need-to-know tips, tools and techniques forsuccess with all hedge fund investment strategies
* Provides a highly visual presentation with an emphasis ongraphics and professional applications
* Real-life examples take you inside how hedge funds illustratinghow they operate, who manages them and who invests in them

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Richard C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How to Use This Book vii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1: Hedge Fund Daily Operations 1
Chapter 2: The Hedge Fund Life Cycle: From Startup to Titan 11
Chapter 3: Hedge Fund Investors 23
Chapter 4: Hedge Fund Capital Raising 31
Chapter 5: Long/Short Equity Strategy 41
Chapter 6: Global Macro Strategy 55
Chapter 7: Event-Driven Strategy 71
Chapter 8: Fixed-Income Strategy 77
Chapter 9: Convertible-Arbitrage Strategy 107
Chapter 10: Quantitative and Algorithmic Trading Strategies 115
Chapter 11: Managed Futures 133
Chapter 12: Credit-and Asset-Based Lending 155
Chapter 13: Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds 171
Chapter 14: Fund of Hedge Funds 179
Appendix A: Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet 199
Appendix B: Answers to Test-Yourself Quizzes 201
References 205
About the Author 207
Index 209

Über Autor(innen)

Richard C. Wilson is founder of the Hedge Fund Group, the#1 largest hedge fund association with over 115,000 global members.With a background in capital raising he has built a followingthrough his advisory work, equity partnerships, Wilson HoldingCompany operating businesses, and by providing consultative qualitythought leadership, articles, videos, and over 100 speeches in 15+countries around the world. Through Richard's 5,000professionals-deep client base, and global capital raisingworkshops and family office conferences, he has met face-to-facewith well over 2,500 fund managers, and at least as many hedge fundinvestors over the past 10 years. His team offers the #1self-directed training and certification program on hedge fundswhich over 1,400 professionals have joined to date and it is calledthe Certified Hedge Fund Professional certificate program. He isthe author of The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual forProfessionals and Capital Raising Executives, The FamilyOffice Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent, andThe Single Family Office: Creating, Operating, and Managing theInvestments of a Single Family Office.