InhaltsangabeHow to Use This Book vii Introduction ix Chapter 1: Hedge Fund Daily Operations 1 Chapter 2: The Hedge Fund Life Cycle: From Startup to Titan 11 Chapter 3: Hedge Fund Investors 23 Chapter 4: Hedge Fund Capital Raising 31 Chapter 5: Long/Short Equity Strategy 41 Chapter 6: Global Macro Strategy 55 Chapter 7: Event-Driven Strategy 71 Chapter 8: Fixed-Income Strategy 77 Chapter 9: Convertible-Arbitrage Strategy 107 Chapter 10: Quantitative and Algorithmic Trading Strategies 115 Chapter 11: Managed Futures 133 Chapter 12: Credit-and Asset-Based Lending 155 Chapter 13: Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds 171 Chapter 14: Fund of Hedge Funds 179 Appendix A: Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet 199 Appendix B: Answers to Test-Yourself Quizzes 201 References 205 About the Author 207 Index 209

Richard C. Wilson is founder of the Hedge Fund Group, the #1 largest hedge fund association with over 115,000 global members. With a background in capital raising he has built a following through his advisory work, equity partnerships, Wilson Holding Company operating businesses, and by providing consultative quality thought leadership, articles, videos, and over 100 speeches in 15+ countries around the world. Through Richard's 5,000 professionals-deep client base, and global capital raising workshops and family office conferences, he has met face-to-face with well over 2,500 fund managers, and at least as many hedge fund investors over the past 10 years. His team offers the #1 self-directed training and certification program on hedge funds which over 1,400 professionals have joined to date and it is called the Certified Hedge Fund Professional certificate program. He is the author of The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Professionals and Capital Raising Executives, The Family Office Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent, and The Single Family Office: Creating, Operating, and Managing the Investments of a Single Family Office.

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