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Index
New Cover
Original Cover
Letter
Series: Books in the Getting Started in Series
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Why Hedge Funds Now and Forever?
Chapter 1: Hedge Fund Basics
The Near Collapse of Long-Term Capital Management
The Credit Crisis and Hedge Funds
A Brief History of Hedge Funds
The Current State of the Hedge Fund Industry
Alfred Winslow Jones—The Original Hedge Fund Manager
Chapter 2: How Hedge Funds Operate
Starting a Hedge Fund
Hedge Fund Regulations and Structures
How Hedge Funds Use Leverage
Patriarchs of the Hedge Fund World
Hedge Funds Take All the Heat
George Soros—The World's Greatest Investor
Chapter 3: The Managers
Guy Wyser-Pratte—Wyser-Pratte
Bill Michaelcheck—Mariner Investment Group
Nancy Havens—Havens Advisors LLC
Steve Cohen—SAC Capital
Chapter 4: Hedge Fund Investing
The Role of an Investment Adviser
An Institutional Investor
Third-Party Marketers
An Individual Investor
A Consulting Firm
A Manager of Managers
Conclusion
Appendix A: Hedge Fund Strategies
Appendix B: Example of Material Included in an Onshore Document
Overview
Important General Considerations
Summary of Offering and Partnership Terms
Management
Appendix C: Example of Material Included in a Cayman-Based Fund for Tax-Exempt US-Investors
Part 1: Establishing an Offshore Fund Domiciled in the Cayman Islands
Part 2: Summary of Key Disclosures for Cayman Islands Offering Document
Glossary
Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1 Hedge Fund Basics
Chapter 2 How Hedge Funds Operate
About the Author
Index
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