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Hedge Funds Last update: Jun 26, 2008
This guide describes some major starting points for information on the hedge fund industry.
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Nelson's Directory of Investment Managers (3 vols). O’Neill Reference HG4907 .N44
Firm names are listed in Vol 3 under the section called Investment Speciality-Strategies.
What Is a Hedge Fund?
Though there are many definitions of hedge funds, perhaps one of the easiest to understand is the one from the BNA database BNA (Tax Management Portfolios Plus,Tax and Accounting Center): A hedge fund is an alternative investment vehicle that trades in stocks, securities and other financial instruments. It does so, however, free of the many regulatory constraints that apply to mutual funds (i.e., “regulated investment companies”). .
See generally Kennard, “The Hedge Fund Versus the Mutual Fund,” 57 Tax Law. 133 (2004).
- Hedging Your Bets - an online publication by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- The Hedge Fund Center:
Series of articles covering: definitions, strategies, risk analysis, comparisons to mutual funds and more. - The Hedge Fund Association
Discusses key characteristics and misconceptions about hedge funds, strategies, and more. The HFA also provides free access to articles, surveys, and studies about hedge funds.
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