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Zusatztext Baker and Filbeck provide a valuable, in-depth resource and reference collection of articles exploring the complicated and significant role hedge funds represent in todays financial markets... Anyone with an interest in hedge funds and hedge fund investing will find this book a useful, unbiased, comprehensive overview and critical information resource. Informationen zum Autor H. Kent Baker is a University Professor of Finance in the Kogod School of Business at American University. As one of the most prolific finance academics, Professor Baker has authored or edited 26 books and has published more than 160 refereed articles in such journals as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Portfolio Management. He has consulting and training experience with more than 100 organizations. Professor Baker holds a BSBA from Georgetown University; M.Ed., MBA, and DBA degrees from the University of Maryland; and an MA, MS, and two PhDs from American University. He also holds CFA and CMA designations.Greg Filbeck is a Samuel P. Black III Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Penn State Behrend and serves as the Interim Director for the Black School of Business. Professor Filbeck has authored or edited seven books and published more than 90 refereed academic journal articles appearing in the Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Review, and Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting. He received a BS from Murray State University; an MS from Penn State University, and a DBA (finance) from the University of Kentucky. He also holds the CFA, FRM, PRM, CIPM, and CAIA designations. Klappentext Hedge Funds: Structure, Strategies, and Performance spans the gamut from theoretical to practical coverage of an intriguing but often complex subject and provides insights into the field from leading experts around the world. Zusammenfassung Hedge Funds: Structure, Strategies, and Performance spans the gamut from theoretical to practical coverage of an intriguing but often complex subject and provides insights into the field from leading experts around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments About the Editors About the Contributors Abbreviations Part One INTRODUCTION 1. Hedge Fund Fundamentals H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck 2. The Economics of Hedge Funds Shantanu Dutta, Arup Ganguly, and Lin Ge 3. The Life Cycle of Hedge Funds: A New Perspective Mila Getmansky and Rachel (Kyungyeon) Koh 4. Characteristics of Successful Hedge Fund Managers Ashrafee T. Hossain, Samir Saadi, and Maxim Treff Part Two STRUCTURE OF HEDGE FUND 5. Hedge Fund Organization Douglas Cumming, Na Dai, and Sofia Johan 6. Hedge Fund Governance Lamia Chourou, Ashrafee T. Hossain, and Samir Saadi 7. Activist Hedge Funds Tony Calenda, Chris Milliken, and Andrew C. Spieler 8. The Tax Framework of Hedge Funds François-Serve Lhabitant and Michel Brocard 9. Compensation and Incentives in Hedge Funds Garrett C. C. Smith and Gaurav Gupta 10. Off Shore Hedge Funds Roberto J. Santillán-Salgado and Juan José García-Santos Part Three INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF HEDGE FUNDS 11. Directional Equity Hedge Fund Strategies Oreste Auleta and Filippo Stefanini 12. Event Driven Hedge Fund Strategies Caroline Farrelly and François-Serge Lhabitant 13. Global Derivatives Hedge Fund Strategies Christopher Barnes, Ehsan Nikbakht, and Andrew C. Spieler 14. Relative Value Hedge Funds Strategies George Dikanorov, Joseph McBride, and Andrew C. Spieler 15. Multi-strategy Hedge Funds Paul-Henri Bayart-De-Germont and Daniel Capocci Part Four RISKS AND REGULATION 16. Risk Measurement and Management for Hedge Funds Guillaume Weisang 17. Hedge Funds and...
