Description

Understand the unique characteristics of hedge funds, their history, and their returns performance as an asset class are evaluated. Trading strategies and fee structures are defined along with a discussion of key service providers and high-level fund risk management metrics. Bias, regulation, due diligence considerations, and high-profile fund failures are also explored.

Learning Objectives

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1. Compare hedge funds and traditional mutual funds.
2. Analyse hedge fund fee structures.
3. Identify hedge fund investment strategies.
4. Identify hedge fund key stakeholders.
5. Recall the challenged around risk management in hedge funds.
6. Identify the role of due diligence and regulation in hedge funds.