Visual Guide to Hedge Funds.

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 following through his advisory work, equity partnerships, Wilson Holding Company operating businesses, and by providing consultative quality thought leadership, articles, videos, and over 100 speeches in 15+ countries around the world. Through Richard's 5,000 professionals-deep client base, and global capital raising workshops and family office conferences, he has met face-to-face with well over 2,500 fund managers, and at least as many hedge fund investors over the past 10 years. His team offers the #1 self-directed training and certification program on hedge funds which over 1,400 professionals have joined to date and it is called the Certified Hedge Fund Professional certificate program. He is the author of The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Professionals and Capital Raising Executives, The Family Office Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent, and The Single Family Office: Creating, Operating, and Managing the Investments of a Single Family Office.

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Year of publication:	2014 ; 1st ed.
Authors:	Wilson, Richard C
Publisher:	Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Subject:	Hedgefonds \| Hedge fund \| Kapitalanlage \| Financial investment \| Portfolio-Management \| Portfolio selection \| Anlageverhalten \| Behavioural finance

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Extent:	1 online resource (226 pages)
Series:	Bloomberg Financial Series Bloomberg Financial Ser ; v.586
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Visual Guide to Hedge Funds; Contents; How to Use This Book; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Hedge Fund Daily Operations; Hedge Fund Manager; Portfolio Managers; Traders; Risk Management; Chief Financial Officer; Controllers; Settlements; Margin and Collateral; Legal; Compliance; Investor-Relations; Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 2 The Hedge Fund Life Cycle: From Startup to Titan; Hedge Fund Startups (1M to 10M); Case Study; Emerging Hedge Fund Managers (10M to 300M); Hedge Fund Shooting Stars (300M to 1B); Hedge Fund Titans (1B+); Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 3 Hedge Fund Investors Who Invests in Hedge Funds?The Hedge Fund Investor Due-Diligence Process; Hedge Fund Investor FAQs; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 4 Hedge Fund Capital Raising; Daily Process; Hedge Fund Warfare; The 1 Percent Rule; Hedge Fund Investor Avatar Focus; Capital-Raising Channels; Emulation before Innovation; Placement Agents and Third-Party Marketers; Examples and Case Studies; Hedge Fund Marketing and Capital-Raising FAQs; Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 5 Long/Short Equity Strategy; Identifying the Opportunity; Discretionary Strategies; Performance; Quantitative Strategies; Pair Strategies Finding Pairs of StocksHow the Long/Short Strategy Works; The Process of Short Selling; Alternatives to Shorting a Stock; Access to Long/Short Strategies; Fee Structure; Taxes; Specialization versus Generalization; Who Runs a Long/Short Hedge Fund?; Risks; Leverage; Why Invest in a Long/Short Hedge Fund?; Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 6 Global Macro Strategy; Discretionary versus Systematic; Fundamental Analysis; Technical Analysis; Discretionary Technical Analysis; Systematic Technical Analysis; Leverage; Derivatives; Over-the-Counter Products; Options; Types of Products; Currencies Interest-Rate TradingStock Index Trading; Commodity Trading; Who Runs a Macro Fund?; Why Invest in a Global Macro Fund?; Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 7 Event-Driven Strategy; Who Runs an Event-Driven Fund?; How to Invest Around Events; Options Strategies; Capital-Structure Arbitrage; Distressed Debt; Risks; Why Invest in an Event-Driven Hedge Fund?; Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 8 Fixed-Income Strategy; How Do Fixed-Income Securities Work?; Duration; Convexity; Basic Strategy; Types of Fixed-Income Products; Sovereign Products; Corporate Bonds; Municipal Bonds; Ratings; Inflation StrategiesArbitrage; Spread Trading; Who Runs a Fixed-Income Hedge Fund?; Why Invest in a Fixed Income Fund?; Industry Insight; Conclusion; Test Yourself; CHAPTER 9 Convertible-Arbitrage Strategy; What is a Convertible Bond?; Strategies; Types of Arbitrage Techniques; Convertible-Arbitrage Risks; Delta Hedging; Conversion Price Risks and Benefits; Time Decay; Interest-Rate Risks; Sovereign-Interest Rates; Corporate Yields; Who Manages Convertible Arbitrage Hedge Funds?; The Benefits of a Convertible-Arbitrage Strategy; Conclusion; Test Yourself CHAPTER 10 Quantitative and Algorithmic Trading Strategies
ISBN:	978-1-118-41964-9 ; 978-1-118-27837-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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