Hedge funds : crossing the institutional frontier / edited by Sohail Jaffer

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I - Industry trends and opportunities for hedge funds;1 Hedge funds: defining new client relationships;2 The UCITS hedge funds phenomenon;3 Combining hedge funds and structured products;4 Private equity: dangerous territory for hedge funds or a new opportunity?;5 Hedge fund mergers and acquisitions: how and why does it happen?;6 From start-ups to big swingers: hedge fund boutique to hedge fund business;7 The hedge fund of tomorrow: building an Enduring Firm; Part II - The changing demands of investors;8 Restoring the balance - the views and opinions of global hedge fund managers and their institutional investors on the hedge fund industry;9 Examining the increasing institutionalisation of an industry: what are institutional investors' expectations of hedge funds?;10 The institutionalisation of the hedge fund marketplace;11 Hedge fund challenges and opportunities for institutional investors;12 Picking future hedge fund winners;13 Funds of funds in the brave new world: earning their keep;Part III - Regulations and risks;14 AIFMD - the institutional buy side perspective and the strategic implications for the global hedge fund industry;15 AIMA's overview of the alternative investment fund managers directive;16 Hedge fund operational risks: risks without rewards?;17 Prime brokers: analysing their developing roles in the marketplace; Part IV - New strategies for hedge fund investing;18 Strategic decisions in constructing hedge fund portfolios;19 Emerging market equity long short strategies - becoming a core allocation in institutional portfolios; 20 Asian markets come of age;21 Leverage in hedge funds and leveraging hedge fund portfolios: the alpha and the omega and the in between';22 Angels and demons: demystifying investible hedge fund indices;

The book provides an understanding of how the institutionalization of the hedge fund industry is transforming the hedge fund and funds marketplace and become aware of the risks and opportunities for hedge funds in this new environment. It examines the major factors in a successful hedge fund evolution, investible hedge fund indicies and the business models and structural issues involved in hedge funds mergers and acquisitions.

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