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Zask, Ezra. All About Hedge Funds, Fully Revised Second Edition. US: McGraw-Hill, 2013.

All About Hedge Funds, Fully Revised Second Edition

Authors: Ezra Zask

Published:  January 2013

eISBN: 9780071768320 0071768327 | ISBN: 9780071768313
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Major Themes and Organization of the Book
  • Part One: Introduction To Hedge Funds
  • Chapter 1 What is a Hedge Fund?
  • Chapter 2 Regulation of Hedge Funds
  • Chapter 3 Hedge Fund Organization
  • Chapter 4 Hedge Fund Service Providers
  • Part Two: Hedge Fund Toolkit
  • Chapter 5 Short Selling and Leverage
  • Chapter 6 Derivatives: Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Part Three: History and Overview of The Hedge Fund Industry
  • Chapter 7 History of Hedge Funds
  • Chapter 8 Hedge Funds, Shadow Banking, and Systemic Risk
  • Chapter 9 Key Events in the Development of Hedge Funds: Long-Term Capital Management and the Credit and Liquidity Crisis
  • Part Four: Hedge Fund Performance: Mounting Criticism and Changing Benchmarks
  • Chapter 10 Mounting Criticism of Hedge Fund Performance
  • Chapter 11 Is Smaller Better in Hedge Funds?
  • Chapter 12 Statistical Measures of Performance
  • Chapter 13 Aggregate Measures of Hedge Fund Performance
  • Chapter 14 Hedge Fund Returns from the Investors’ Viewpoint
  • Part Five: Hedge Fund Strategies
  • Chapter 15 Overview of Hedge Fund Strategies
  • Chapter 16 Equity Hedge Strategies
  • Chapter 17 Event-Driven Strategies
  • Chapter 18 Relative Value Strategies
  • Chapter 19 Global Macro and Commodity Trading Adviser Strategies
  • Chapter 20 Hedge Fund of Funds
  • Part Six: Hedge Funds and Invesment Portfolios
  • Chapter 21 Modern Portfolio Theory and Efficient Market Hypothesis
  • Chapter 22 Behavioral Critique of Efficient Market Hypothesis
  • Chapter 23 Institutionalization of Hedge Funds
  • Chapter 24 Hedge Funds and Retail Investors
  • Part Seven: Managing Hedge Fund Portfolios
  • Chapter 25 Manager Selection and Due Diligence
  • Chapter 26 Risk Management
  • Chapter 27 Recent Hedge Fund Controversies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Model Due Diligence Questionnaire for Hedge Fund Investors
  • Appendix B: Overview of Major Hedge Fund Replication Products
  • Appendix C: Internet Resources for Hedge Fund News and Research
  • Appendix D: Government Agencies That Oversee Hedge Funds
  • Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Bibliography
  • Index