How to Create and Manage a Hedge Fund
A Professional's Guide
Wiley Finance Editions
1. Edition September 2002
384 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
In How to Create and Manage a Hedge Fund,hedge fund expert Stuart McCrary surveys the types of hedge funds and commodity pools that make up the world of alternative investments and explains how they can improve the risk/return characteristics of more traditional investment portfolios. This book outlines how these funds are structured as well as how risk management and derivatives relate to hedge funds.
* Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage.
* Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company.
* Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand.
Disclaimer.
CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 2: Building a Valuable Business.
CHAPTER 3: Types of Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 4: Types of Hedge Fund Investors.
CHAPTER 5: Hedge Fund Investment Techniques.
CHAPTER 6: Hedge Fund Business Models.
CHAPTER 7: Creating Leverage.
CHAPTER 8: Hedge Fund Business Plans.
CHAPTER 9: Performance Measurement for Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 10: Legislation and Regulations Affecting Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 11: Accounting for Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 12: Tax Reporting for Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 13: Risk Management for Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 14: Marketing Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 15: Derivatives and Hedge Funds.
CHAPTER 16: Lessons Learned from the Hedge Fund Industry.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
