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Hedge Funds: Myths and Limits

François‐Serge Lhabitant

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Preface. Introduction. PART ONE: HEDGE FUND OVERVIEW. The Basics Revisited. Legal Environment and Structures. Operational and Organizational Structures. PART TWO: HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES. Introduction. The Tools used by Hedge Funds. Long/Short Strategies. Arbitrage and Relative Value Strategies. Event Driven Strategies. Directional Strategies. Hedge Fund Indices. Hedge Fund Performance: Beyond NAVs. PART THREE: HEDGE FUND INVESTING. Introduction. Asset Allocation Hedge Fund Selection Funds of Funds and Metadiversification. Capital Guaranteed Products. Advanced Topics: inside the black box Conclusions. Appendix: The Statistics of Hedge Funds. Bibliography. Websites. Index.

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Preface. Introduction. PART ONE: HEDGE FUND OVERVIEW. The Basics Revisited. Legal Environment and Structures. Operational and Organizational Structures. PART TWO: HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES. Introduction. The Tools used by Hedge Funds. Long/Short Strategies. Arbitrage and Relative Value Strategies. Event Driven Strategies. Directional Strategies. Hedge Fund Indices. Hedge Fund Performance: Beyond NAVs. PART THREE: HEDGE FUND INVESTING. Introduction. Asset Allocation Hedge Fund Selection Funds of Funds and Metadiversification. Capital Guaranteed Products. Advanced Topics: inside the black box Conclusions. Appendix: The Statistics of Hedge Funds. Bibliography. Websites. Index.

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Preface. Introduction. PART ONE: HEDGE FUND OVERVIEW. The Basics Revisited. Legal Environment and Structures. Operational and Organizational Structures. PART TWO: HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES. Introduction. The Tools used by Hedge Funds. Long/Short Strategies. Arbitrage and Relative Value Strategies. Event Driven Strategies. Directional Strategies. Hedge Fund Indices. Hedge Fund Performance: Beyond NAVs. PART THREE: HEDGE FUND INVESTING. Introduction. Asset Allocation Hedge Fund Selection Funds of Funds and Metadiversification. Capital Guaranteed Products. Advanced Topics: inside the black box Conclusions. Appendix: The Statistics of Hedge Funds. Bibliography. Websites. Index.

Key concepts: Hedge fund, Alternative beta, Fund of funds, Open-end fund, Hedge accounting, Fixed income arbitrage, Performance fee, Risk arbitrage

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