HEDGE FUNDS OVERVIEW
Objective
To provide a good overview of Hedge Funds assuming no prior knowledge.
CONTENT
Introduction
- How large is the overall Hedge Fund Universe? The numbers in context
- Where are they? Domicile, Onshore vs Offshore
- Why have they been so successful? Comparisons with the 'long-only' world
- Asset Class performance or Manager value-added? The search for Alpha
Hedge Funds Tactics, Counter-Parties and Competition
- How do Hedge Funds differ? A very different Risk-return profile
- Tactics - Leverage & Short Selling explained
- Where is the competition? The reaction from the traditional Fund Managers
- Prime Brokerage: The Investment Banks saviour?
Issues for Hedge Fund Investors
- Rationale for Hedge Funds in an Investorsˇ¦ Portfolio
- The non-correlated Asset Class, Survivorship Bias, Drawdown
- Leverage, Risk and Transparency
- Risk-adjusted performance measurement
- Institutionalisation of Hedge Funds, Index Providers, Benchmark Risk
Risk Management for Hedge Funds & the Regulators' view
- Market, leverage and Credit risk
- Systems, processing and legal risk
- Gap and liquidity risk, Mark-to-market risk
- Style Drift risk
- Why do Hedge Funds fail? Do not forget Operational risk
- Tools for the Analysis of Financial Risk : From VaR to Stress Testing
- The Regulator's View
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