Getting Started in Hedge Funds
From Launching a Hedge Fund to New Regulation, the Use of Leverage, and Top Manager Profiles
3rd Edition
Published on 18. April 2011
186 pages
978-1-118-01896-5 (ISBN)
Description
The book on hedge fund basics, completely updated to reflecttoday's post-crisis industry
The hedge fund industry has been reeling in the wake of recentPonzi schemes and insider trading scandals as well as the loss ofbillions of dollars in assets under management due to fundclosures. Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Third Editionfocuses on the current state of the industry; how hedge funds didor did not survive the subprime and subsequent credit crisis; and,what the future holds for investors. Getting Started in HedgeFunds, Third Edition also provides readers with a briefoverview of the industry's history, and describes theinner-workings of these complex investment vehicles, including howto start a hedge fund, and what new regulations means for managersand investors.
* Profiles 10 highly successful hedge fundmanagers
* Addresses the Madoff scandal, as well asother lesser known Ponzi schemes, and analyzes the ripple effectfelt throughout the industry as a result of these and otherscandals
Despite the performance of some of these funds in the last fewyears, hedge funds are here to stay. In this Third Edition,Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Strachman provides anupdated "how-to" guide for investors interested in hedge funds inthis era of "new normal."
The hedge fund industry has been reeling in the wake of recentPonzi schemes and insider trading scandals as well as the loss ofbillions of dollars in assets under management due to fundclosures. Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Third Editionfocuses on the current state of the industry; how hedge funds didor did not survive the subprime and subsequent credit crisis; and,what the future holds for investors. Getting Started in HedgeFunds, Third Edition also provides readers with a briefoverview of the industry's history, and describes theinner-workings of these complex investment vehicles, including howto start a hedge fund, and what new regulations means for managersand investors.
* Profiles 10 highly successful hedge fundmanagers
* Addresses the Madoff scandal, as well asother lesser known Ponzi schemes, and analyzes the ripple effectfelt throughout the industry as a result of these and otherscandals
Despite the performance of some of these funds in the last fewyears, hedge funds are here to stay. In this Third Edition,Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Strachman provides anupdated "how-to" guide for investors interested in hedge funds inthis era of "new normal."
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Getting Started in Hedge Funds
From Launching a Hedge Fund to New Regulation, the Use of Leverage, and Top Manager Profiles
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DANIEL A. STRACHMAN is the director of HEDGEAnswers.com, an online community for understanding hedge funds and investment strategies. A hedge fund industry veteran, he has contributed articles on investment management and strategies to publications such as the New York Post and the Financial Times, and blogs regularly at HEDGEAnswers.com. He is the author of both the first and second editions of Getting Started in Hedge Funds, as well as The Long and Short of Hedge Funds and The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management, all published by Wiley. For more information, visit danielstrachman.com
Content
Chapter 1: Hedge Fund Basics.
Chapter 2: How Hedge Funds Operate.
Chapter 3: The Managers.
Chapter 4: Hedge Fund Investing.
Chapter 2: How Hedge Funds Operate.
Chapter 3: The Managers.
Chapter 4: Hedge Fund Investing.
