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"A comprehensive guide to the burgeoning hedge fund industry Intended as a comprehensive reference for investors and fund and portfolio managers, Handbook of Hedge Funds combines new material with updated information from Francois-Serge L'habitant's two other successful hedge fund books" by Worldcat.

1. Introduction --- PART I HEDGE FUND OVERVIEW --- 2. History revisited --- 3 Legal environment --- 4. Operational and organizational structures --- 5. Understanding the tools used by hedge funds --- PART II HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES AND TRADE EXAMPLES --- 6. Introduction --- 7. Long/Short equity strategies --- 8 Dedicated short --- 9. Equity market neutral --- 10. Distressed securities --- 11. Merger arbitrage --- 12. Convertible arbitrage --- 13. Fixed Income arbitrage --- 14. Emerging markets --- 15 Global macro --- 16. Managed futures and commodity trading advisors(CTAs) --- 17. A smorgasbord of other strategies --- PART III MEASURING RETURNS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE --- 18. Measuring net asset values and returns --- 19. Return statistics and risk --- 20. Riskadjusted performance measures --- 21. Databases, indices and benchmarks --- PART IV INVESTING IN HEDGE FUNDS --- 22. Introduction --- 23. Revisiting the benefits and risks of hedge fund investing --- 24. Asset allocation and hedge funds --- 25. Hedge fund selection: a route through the maze --- 26. Funds of hedge funds --- 27. Structured products on hedge funds --- 28. Conclusions..