Guide to hedge funds : what they are, what they do, their risks, their advantages / Philip Coggan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coggan, Philip, author.

Series:

Economist series.

The Economist

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hedge funds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Guide to economic indicators

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Hedge fund managers are the new ""masters of the universe."" The best earn more than 1 billion a year and are so sought after that they can afford to turn investor money away. The funds they run have, to some extent, established an alternative financial system, replacing banks as lenders to risky companies, acting as providers of liquidity to markets and insurers of last resort for risks such as hurricanes, and replacing pension funds and mutual funds as the most significant investors in many companies-even in some cases buying companies outright. The revised and updated second edition of thi

Contents:

Guide to Hedge Funds: What they are, what they do, their risks, their advantages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Hedge fund taxonomy; 2: The players; 3: Funds-of-funds; 4: Hedge fund regulation; 5: Hedge funds: for and against; 6: The future of hedge funds; References; Appendices; 1: Glossary; 2: Hedge fund facts and figures; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613306562

9781283306560

1283306565

9781118163320

111816332X

OCLC:

757395053