Market risk management for hedge funds : foundations of the style and implicit value-at-risk /

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-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duc, François
Other Authors: Schorderet, Yann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2008.
Series:Wiley finance series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index.
ISBN:9781119206248
1119206243
9780470740798
0470740795