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Chapter:
10
Page Range:
109-122
Total Pages:
14
 
 
Publisher:
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
 
 
 
 
FRM Paid Candidate Price:         US$2.25
Reading Price:
GARP Member (Non-Affiliate):   US$2.25
 
Affiliate & Non-Member:             US$2.50
 
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Quantitative Level:
Non-Technical
 
 
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Topics Covered:
Investment management, hedge fund management, portfolio construction, value creation levers, shorting, illiquid securities, leverage, convexity, nimbleness, balancing risk and return
 
 
Reading Contents:
10.1 Value Creation Levers
10.2 Shorting
10.2.1 Hedging
10.2.2 Overvalued Positions
10.2.3 Relative Misvaluations
10.3 Illiquid Securities
10.4 Leverage
10.5 Convexity
10.6 Nimbleness
10.7 Establishing a Basis in which to View the Construction
10.8 Balancing Risk and Return
 
 
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Book Review:
*** From the Publisher ***

In the constantly evolving hedge fund marketplace, nothing is more central—but in many ways, more amorphous and elusive—than risk. Yet there remains no standard for analyzing and measuring risk within this highly secretive, largely unregulated field, leaving the thousands of hedge funds—and the tens of thousands of hedge fund investors—in dangerously dim light. The industry has not solved the “transparency” challenge—communicating risk to investors without disclosing proprietary information.

Hedge Fund Risk Fundamentals is the first book to bring these issues to the forefront. With clarity, concision, and minimal math, Richard Horwitz lays out the key components and the cutting-edge processes in the field of hedge fund risk management today. Against that backdrop, he presents a groundbreaking utility destined to set the standard for transparency and risk management within the hedge fund universe.

You’ll learn why, when it comes to risk management, 1 + 1 = 1.41. For all of those perplexed by the difficulties of assessing risk in hedge fund investing, Horwitz’s concepts make for an invaluable road map and a demystifying resource that hedge funds and investors at all levels will find indispensable.
 



 
   
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