Hedge fund investment management
By: edited by Izzy Nelken.
Contributors: Nelken, Israel.
Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann; Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780750660075
Subjects: Hedge funds; Portfolio management
Other titles: Hedge fund & investment management
Description: "This book covers the entire gamut of the Hedge Fund industry. The authors explain the different styles of Hedge Funds (e.g. market neutral, convertible bond arbitrage, fixed income arbitrage and many more) and include a summary for each style of fund. The book also explains what a "fund of funds" is, and covers the recently introduced capital guarantees and describes the capital preservation concerns that are faced by investors."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "Elsevier finance"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fixed income arbitrage / Ellen Rachlin; title: Diversity in mortgage hedge fund investing / Robert Sherak; title: Absolute returns in commodity (natural resource) futures investments / Hilary Till and Jodie Gunzberg; title: Issues in hedge funds going offshore / Claudia Woerheide; title: Structured products on hedge funds / Jaeson Dubrovay and Jean-Marie Barreau; title: Careers in hedge funds / Kathleen A. Graham; title: A liquidity haircut for hedge funds / Hari Krishnan and Izzy Nelken; title: Hedge fund investing : some words of caution / Harry M. Kat; title: On ranking schemes and portfolio selection / Massimo Di Pierro and Jack W. Mosevich.