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With about $450 billion in assets, funds of hedge funds are the most recent darling of investors. While hedge funds carry high risk for the promise of high returns they are designed for the very rich and for large institutional investors such as pension funds. A Fund of Hedge Funds (FOF) spreads investments among a number of hedge funds to reduce risk and provide diversification, while maintaining the potential for higher than average returns....

It is now a well-know fact that mergers and acquisitions activity comes in waves. The most recent wave, the 5th takeover wave of the 1990s, was characterized by an unprecedented number of corporate restructurings in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), public-to-private transactions, spin-offs and divestitures, and leveraged recapitalizations. Following the collapse of the stock market in March 2000, M&A activity slumped dramatically, but...

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This noteworthy collection sheds some light on what lies ahead for worldwide emerging markets with the most up-to-date research from academics and practitioners. It addresses business cycles, equity returns, regulations, corporate governance, corruption, and more in various international markets. The book offers a rare glimpse into the growing markets of the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. It examines the performance of Latin Amer...

Shedding new light on the recent worldwide banking debacle, this handbook presents possible remedies as to what should have been done prior, during, and after the crisis. With contributions from well-known academics and professionals, the book contains exclusive, new research that will undoubtedly assist bank executives, risk management departments, and other financial professionals to attain a clear picture of the banking crisis and prevent f...

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As authoritative as it is pioneering, this volume is the first reference that specifically focuses on alternative investments. It includes approximately 750 entries under three major categories: hedge funds, managed futures, and ventures capital and private equity. More than a glossary, the book examines each topic in-depth, using and defining the vocabulary specific to this evolving area of investment. The contributors are well known in their...

How will the funds of hedge funds (FoHF) business have to change to survive? This new research provides clues. The 2008-2012 financial crisis upended the business, which has developed new tools and techniques to survive. This collection of research by academics and professionals presents the first comprehensive views of UCITS as well as recent trends in due diligence, risk management, and hedge fund deaths and survivors. Original papers by 22 ...

This book proposes new methods to value equity and model the Markowitz efficient frontier using Markov switching models and provide new evidence and solutions to capture the persistence observed in stock returns across developed and emerging markets.

EVALUATING HEDGE FUND and CTA PERFORMANCE Data Envelopment Analysis Approach Introducing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): A quantitative approach to assess the performance of hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, and commodity trading advisors. "Quantitative analysis of hedge funds is a complex task considering the non-normality of their return distributions and failure of conventional approaches of benchmarking their performance using standar...

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This book proposes new methods to value equity and model the Markowitz efficient frontier using Markov switching models and provide new evidence and solutions to capture the persistence observed in stock returns across developed and emerging markets.

Taking into account the worldwide financial crisis, this book provides insight to understand volatility in various stock markets. It includes many stock market volatility charts and tables, enabling readers to examine the volatility patterns in different markets around the world.

A collection that reveals what lies ahead for worldwide emerging markets. It addresses business cycles, equity returns, regulations, corporate governance, corruption, and more in various international markets. It also investigates Balkan economics, including the trade flows and volatility of these transition countries in Europe.

This book consists of chapters by contributors (well-known professors, practitioners, and consultants from large and well respected money management firms within this area) offering the latest research in the OpRisk area. The chapters highlight how operational risk helps firms survive and prosper by givingreaders the latest, cutting-edge techniques in OpRisk management. Topics discussed include: Basel Accord II, getting ready for the New Basel...

This book includes a wide range of topics that deals with international accounting standards, regulations, and financial reporting. The book is a timely collection of several original research papers written by well-known authors and experts in the field from countries around the globe on very important and emerging issues in international accounting. Due to the adoption of International Accounting Standards (IAS) Regulation by the European Pa...

Praise for Commodity Trading Advisors "This book represents a complete course in the hows and whys of investing with CTAs. Institutional and individual investors would be wise to understand the issues raised here in order to properly control their CTA investments." -Richard E. Oberuc, Chairman of the Foundation of Managed Derivatives Research "The editors of this wonderful book rightfully identified a crying need and filled it very well. The...

International taxation is evolving in response to globalization, capital mobility, and the increased trade in services, and introduces international tax practitioner, student and researcher to the theory, practice, and international examples of the changing landscape.Models of tax competition in a flat and connected world are very different than those necessary to ensure compliance in a world dominated by cross-border flows of goods and repatr...

This timely work is a comprehensive reference on the current banking crisis. The first section covers banking gross negligence and shadow banking, including the current subprime mortgage crisis and the role of hedge funds and their impact on insurance markets. It also explains the inevitability of the current banking crisis and its impact. The second part of the book gives a global perspective on the banking crisis, focusing on Europe, Latin A...