| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Series |
Professional series |
| Contents |
Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of Hedge Funds -- Introduction -- Definition of Hedge Funds -- Key Characteristics of Hedge Funds -- Hedge Fund Facts -- Reasons for Investing in Hedge Funds -- Benefits and Costs of Hedge Funds -- How Does a Hedge Fund "Hedge" against Risk? -- History of Hedge Funds -- Common Myths about Hedge Funds -- Functions in Hedge Funds -- Comparison of Hedge Funds to Mutual Funds -- Fee Structure -- Remuneration of Hedge Fund Managers -- Global Hedge Funds Industry -- Source of Investments -- The Biggest Hedge Funds -- List of Other Notable Hedge Funds -- Fund of Hedge Funds -- Largest Global Fund of Hedge Funds -- 2. The Business Environment -- Introduction -- Environmental Factors -- Major Players -- Regulators -- Stock Exchanges -- Central Securities Depositories -- Credit Rating Agencies -- Service Providers -- News Agencies and Data Providers -- Hedge Fund Indices -- Security Identifier Types -- 3. Types of Hedge Funds Strategies -- Introduction -- Relative Value -- Event-driven -- Long/Short Equity -- Opportunistic -- Others -- Ratios and Models used for Performance Measurement -- Models -- 4. Types of Hedge Fund Investors -- Introduction -- Individuals -- Institutions -- 5. Trends in the Hedge Fund Industry -- Introduction -- UCITS III Regulations -- Introduction of MiFID -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 -- Hedge Funds in Emerging Markets -- Growth of Credit Derivatives Market -- Growth of Prime Brokerage -- Hedge Fund Cloning -- Growth of Fund of Hedge Funds -- Evolution of Islamic Hedge Funds -- Popularity of Energy and Environmental Hedge Funds -- 130/30 Strategies in Hedge Funds -- Hedge Fund in Parallel with a Traditional Fund -- Hedge Funds Trading in Weather Derivatives -- Continued Evolution of Fund Administrators -- 6. How a Hedge Fund Business is Built -- Introduction -- Typical Hedge Fund Business Plan -- Start-up Requirements -- Incubator Hedge Funds -- Typical Business Structures -- Marketing of Hedge Funds -- Case Study on the Launch of a Maritime Hedge Fund -- Case Study on the Launch of an Eastern European Hedge Fund -- Regulatory Issues -- Taxation Issues -- 7. Operational Procedures -- Introduction -- Trading -- Reconciliation -- Accounting -- Performance Fee Equalisation -- 8. Regulatory and Tax Issues -- Introduction -- Types of Derivatives -- Use of Derivatives by Hedge Funds -- Hedge Funds Trades Associated with Particular Strategies -- The Role of Derivatives in the collapse of LTCM -- 9. Common Systems Used in the Hedge Fund Industry -- Introduction -- The Hedge Fund Technology Market -- To Build or To Buy -- Trading Systems -- Order Management Systems/Process -- Common Systems -- Other Systems -- 10. IT projects in Hedge Funds -- Introduction -- List of Project Types -- Trading Systems -- Implementation of Trading Systems -- Trading in Different Markets -- Building Trading Systems -- Three-phase Evolution of Electronic Trading -- Electronic Trading Implementation -- Algorithmic Trading -- Case Studies -- Use of SOA in Hedge Funds -- Data Management |
| Summary |
Designed to bridge the gap in terms of business knowledge between IT and the business of hedge funds. This book discusses topics such as the fee structure of hedge funds, high performance computing in this industry, energy and environmental hedge funds |
| Notes |
Title from title screen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hedge funds.
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Hedge funds -- Data processing
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Hedge funds
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic resource
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Essvale Corporation.
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