Hedge Funds
eBook - PDF

Hedge Funds

An Analytic Perspective - Updated Edition

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Hedge Funds

An Analytic Perspective - Updated Edition

About this book

The hedge fund industry has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with more than eight thousand funds now controlling close to two trillion dollars. Originally intended for the wealthy, these private investments have now attracted a much broader following that includes pension funds and retail investors. Because hedge funds are largely unregulated and shrouded in secrecy, they have developed a mystique and allure that can beguile even the most experienced investor. In Hedge Funds, Andrew Lo--one of the world's most respected financial economists--addresses the pressing need for a systematic framework for managing hedge fund investments.


Arguing that hedge funds have very different risk and return characteristics than traditional investments, Lo constructs new tools for analyzing their dynamics, including measures of illiquidity exposure and performance smoothing, linear and nonlinear risk models that capture alternative betas, econometric models of hedge fund failure rates, and integrated investment processes for alternative investments. In a new chapter, he looks at how the strategies for and regulation of hedge funds have changed in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Tables
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Color Plates
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Basic Properties of Hedge Fund Returns
  9. 3 Serial Correlation, Smoothed Returns, and Illiquidity
  10. 4 Optimal Liquidity
  11. 5 Hedge Fund Beta Replication
  12. 6 A New Measure of Active Investment Management
  13. 7 Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk
  14. 8 An Integrated Hedge Fund Investment Process
  15. 9 Practical Considerations
  16. 10 What Happened to the Quants in August 2007?
  17. 11 Jumping the Gates
  18. Appendix
  19. References
  20. Index