The principles of alternative investments management : a study of the global market /: a study of the global market. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ewelina Sokołowska.
• Authors: Sokołowska, Ewelina
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Alternative Investments on Contemporary Financial Market; 1.1 The Concept and the Essence of Alternative Investments; 1.2 Classification of Alternative Investments; 1.3 The Risk Associated with Alternative Investments; References; Chapter 2: Hedge Funds; 2.1 Specificity of Hedge Funds; 2.2 Functioning of Contemporary Hedge Funds; 2.3 Classification of Hedge Funds; 2.4 Legal Forms of Creating Hedge Funds; 2.5 The Structure of Hedge Funds; 2.6 Hedge Fund Databases; 2.7 Database Errors; 2.8 Hedge Fund Indices; 2.9 Selected Hedge Fund Indices. 2.10 Hedge Funds and Their Impact on the Financial Market2.11 The Global Hedge Fund Market; 2.12 The Forecasts of the Hedge Funds Market; References; Chapter 3: Investment Strategies of Hedge Funds; 3.1 The Concept of Investment Strategies and Their Risk; 3.2 Classification of Investment Strategies; 3.3 The Relative Value Strategies; 3.3.1 The Convertible Bond Arbitrage Strategy; 3.3.2 The Fixed Income Arbitrage Strategy; 3.3.3 The Equity Market Neutral Strategy; 3.4 Event Driven or Specialist Credit Strategies; 3.4.1 The Merger Arbitrage Strategy; 3.4.2 The Distressed Securities Strategy. 3.5 Opportunistic Strategies (Directional-Trading)3.5.1 The Global Macro Strategy; 3.5.2 The Strategy of Short-Selling; 3.5.3 The Long/Short Equity Strategy; 3.5.4 The Emerging Markets Strategy; References; Chapter 4: Funds of Funds; 4.1 The Genesis of Funds of Funds; 4.2 The Definition of Funds of Funds; 4.3 The Types of Funds of Funds; 4.4 The Constructions of Funds of Funds; 4.5 Advantages of Investing in Funds of Funds; 4.6 Disadvantages of Investing in Funds of Funds; 4.7 The Global Funds of Funds Market; 4.8 The Forecasts of Funds of Funds Market; References. Chapter 5: Managed Futures Investments5.1 The Genesis of Managed Futures Investments; 5.2 The Concept of Managed Futures Investments; 5.3 Forms of Managed Futures Investments; 5.4 Application of Managed Futures Transactions; 5.5 Automated Transaction Systems in the Activity of Commodity Trading Advisors; 5.6 The Forecasts of Managed Futures Investments; References; Chapter 6: Structured Products; 6.1 The Concept of Structured Products; 6.2 The Types of Structured Products; 6.3 The Construction of Structured Products; 6.4 Structured Certificates; 6.4.1 Index Certificates. 6.4.2 Bonus Certificates6.4.3 Basket Certificates; 6.5 Structured Maximum Return Rate Products; 6.5.1 Discount Certificates; 6.6 Structured Products with Capital Protection; 6.6.1 Guaranteed Certificates; 6.6.2 Structured Bonds; 6.7 The Market of Structured Products in Europe; References; Chapter 7: Private Equity/Venture Capital Investments; 7.1 Private Equity/Venture Capital: The Controversy Surrounding the Concepts and Their Possible Interpretations; 7.2 Classification of Venture Capital/Private Equity Investments; 7.3 Legal Forms of Venture Capital/Private Equity Funds.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 332.63; Finance; Portfolio management; Investments; Financial risk management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance; Financial risk management; Investments; Portfolio management; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; Business & Economics -- Marketing -- Research; Macroeconomics; Market research; Capital investments; Macroeconomics; Market research; Business & Economics -- Investments & Securities; Investment & securities; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319132150; 3319132156; 3319132148; 9783319132143
• Related ISBNs: 9783319132143
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 29, 2015).
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