Introduction -- Ongoing institutionalization -- Heterogeneity of hedge funds -- Active and passive hedge fund indices -- The four dimensions of risk management for hedge funds -- The original style VaR revisited -- The new style model -- Annualization -- The best choice implicit value-at-risk -- BCI model and hedge fund clones -- Risk budgeting -- Value-at-risk monitoring -- Beyond value-at-risk
Summary
This book provides a cutting edge introduction to market risk management for Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds of Funds, and the numerous new indices and clones launching coming to market on a near daily basis. It will present the fundamentals of quantitative risk measures by analysing the range of Value-at-Risk (VaR) models used today, addressing the robustness of each model, and looking at new risk measures available to more effectively manage risk in a hedge fund portfolio. The book begins by analysing the current state of the hedge fund industry - at the ongoing institutionalisation of the market
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index
Notes
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