Handbook of Alternative Assets
2nd Edition
Published on 16. April 2008
720 pages
978-0-470-08922-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since the first edition of the Handbook of Alternative Assets waspublished, significant events-from the popping of the technologybubble and massive accounting scandals to recessions and bearmarkets-have shifted the financial landscape. These changes haveprovided author Mark J. P. Anson with an excellent opportunity toexamine alternative assets during a different part of the economiccycle than previously observed in the first edition.
Fully revised and updated to reflect today's financial realities,the Handbook of Alternative Assets, Second Edition covers the fivemajor classes of alternative assets-hedge funds, commodity andmanaged futures, private equity, credit derivatives, and corporategovernance-and outlines the strategies you can use to efficientlyincorporate these assets into any portfolio. Throughout the book,new chapters have been added, different data sources accessed, andnew conclusions reached.
Designed as both an introduction to the world of alternative assetsand as a reference for the active investor, the Handbook ofAlternative Assets, Second Edition will help you match alternativeassets with your various investment goals.
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Mark J. P. Anson, PhD, CFA, CAIA, CPA, JD, is CEO of Hermes Pension Management Ltd. in London, which has over ?65 billion in assets under management, and is the former CIO of CalPERS, where he oversaw the growth of assets from $127 billion to $210 billion. Anson has more than twenty years of investment experience in fixed income, equities, private equity, real estate, commodities, hedge funds, corporate governance, and credit derivatives.
Content
Preface.
About the Author.
PART ONE: Overview of Alternative Assets.
Chapter 1: What Is an Alternative Asset Class?
Chapter 2: Why Alternative Assets Are Important: Beta Driversand Alpha Drivers.
PART TWO: Hedge Funds.
Chapter 3: Introduction to Hedge Funds.
Chapter 4: Establishing a Hedge Fund Investment Program.
Chapter 5: Due Diligence for Hedge Fund Managers.
Chapter 6: Risk Management Part I: Hedge Fund ReturnDistributions.
Chapter 7: Risk Management Part II: Additional Hedge FundRisks.
Chapter 8: Regulation of Hedge Funds.
Chapter 9: Hedge Fund Benchmarks and Asset Allocation.
Chapter 10: Hedge Fund Incentive Fees and the "Free Option."
Chapter 11: Top Ten Hedge Fund Quotes.
PART THREE: Commodities and Managed Futures.
Chapter 12: Introduction to Commodities.
Chapter 13: Investing in Commodity Futures.
Chapter 14: Commodity Futures in a Portfolio Context.
Chapter 15: Managed Futures.
PART FOUR: Private Equity.
Chapter 16: Introduction to Venture Capital.
Chapter 17: Introduction to Leveraged Buyouts.
Chapter 18: Debt as Private Equity Part I: Mezzanine Debt.
Chapter 19: Debt as Private Equity Part II: Distressed Debt.
Chapter 20: The Economics of Private Equity.
Chapter 21: Performance Measurement for Private Equity.
Chapter 22: Trends in Private Equity.
PART FIVE: Credit Derivatives.
Chapter 23: Introduction to Credit Derivatives.
Chapter 24: Collateralized Debt Obligations.
Chapter 25: Collateralized Fund Obligations: Intersection ofCredit Derivative Market and Hedge Fund World.
PART SIX: Corporate Governance.
Chapter 26: Corporate Governance as an Alternative InvestmentStrategy.
INDEX.
