Cut Carbon, Grow Profits

Ruth Yeo and Kenny Tang

Price: $80

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The Alternative Investment Guide to Asia

Multiple Contributions

Price: $225

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TOOLS FOR COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE

Rudiger U. Seydel

Price: $65

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CORPORATE DERIVATIVES: PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FOR REAL-LIFE UNDERSTANDING

Pablo Triana

Price: $153

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Packed with real - life corporate use of derivatives, this book provides informed, thought-provoking analysis and detailed commentary for practitioners seeking constructive and accessible guidance on this increasingly important subject for companies

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRES HANDBOOK

Multiple contributions

Price: $235

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INTERNATIONAL DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS HANDBOOK

Multiple contributions

Price: $255

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HANDBOOK OF CORPORATE FINANCE

Glen Arnold

Price: $50

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UNDERSTANDING ASSET ALLOCATION

Victor Canto

Price: $35

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OPTIONS FOR THE BEGINNER AND BEYOND

W. Edward Olmstead

Price: $30

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STRUCTURING ISLAMIC FINANCE TRANSACTIONS

Abdulkader Thomas, Stella Cox and Bryan Kraty

Price: $200

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STRUCTURING EUROPEAN PRIVATE EQUITY

Multiple contributions

Price: $200

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THE ADVANCED MEASUREMENT APPROACH TO OPERTAIONAL RISK

Ellen Davis

Price: $178

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INVESTING IN CHINA

Winston Ma

Price: $135

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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO IFRS FOR DERIVATIVES AND STRUCTURED FINANCE

Graeme Tosen

Price: $200

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MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES

Yue-Kuen Kwok

Price: $95

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MATHEMATICS OF ARBITRAGE

Freddy Delbaen and Walter Schachermayer

Price: $100

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SWITZERLAND BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT HANDBOOK

Multiple contributions

Price: $215

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MULTI-MANAGER FUNDS:LONG-ONLY STRATEGIES FOR MANAGERS AND INVESTORS

Multiple contributions

Price: $200

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HEDGE FUNDS AND PRIME BROKERS

Mark Berman

Price: $150

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PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE

Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers and Allen Franklin

Price: $136.25

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Principles of Corporate Finance is the worldwide leading text that describes the theory and practice of corporate finance. Throughout the book the authors show how managers use financial theory to solve practical problems and as a way of learning how to respond to change by showing not just how but why companies and management act as they do. The text is comprehensive, authoritative, and modern and yet the material is presented at a common sense level.

MANAGING INVESTMENTS

Geoffrey Hirt and Stanley Block

Price: $49.95

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Geoffrey Hirt and Stanley Block's books on investing have sold more than 1 million copies to date. Now Managing Investments brings their work to a whole new audience, providing financial professionals and sophisticated individual investors with a detailed and comprehensive look at stock and bond investing. From how to select appropriate investments to higher level strategies for evaluating a portfolio's risk/return ratio, the book's rigorous analyses and numerous examples will help readers apply state-of-the-art theory to the real world of investing.

MARKETING UNIT TRUSTS AND MUTUAL FUNDS IN ASIA

Multiple authors

Price: Price:225.00

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Sponsored by Simmons & Simmons, completely revised and updated to include 2005 regulations, this is a highly-detailed resource on the regulations relating to the marketing of funds in the Asian region. Authors from each jurisdiction look at private placements; public marketing; restrictions on selling agents; and comment on recent market developments and anticipated changes.

A CAPITAL REPORT ON ASIAN-PACIFIC FUND MARKETS TO 2010

Multiple authors

Price: Price:$145.00

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A completely updated and expanded report on the fund markets in Asia Pacific. The global investment industry has been affected by a number of radical changes in demographics, technology, economic development, regulations, and market liberalisation. This report, sponsored by State Street, examines the fund markets in the Asian-Pacific region, reviewing the market since 1998 when the last edition of this report was published and offering some predictions for the state of the industry towards 2010.The expanded report includes market summaries for nine Asian markets - including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the PRC, Singapore and Taiwan. Each chapter looks at the current state of the industry and the factors which have influenced the fund market in the last seven years and those that are likely to influence the market in the future. In addition, the report includes a special chapter on the hedge fund industry in Asia and a regional overview.

MEASURING AND MANAGING CREDIT RISK

Arnaud de Servigny and Olivier Renault

Price: $65

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Measuring and Managing Credit Risk takes you far beyond the Basel guidelines to detail a powerful, proven program for understanding and controlling your firm's credit risk. Providing hands-on answers on practical topics from capital management to correlations, and supporting its theories with up-to-the-minute data and insights, this authoritative book examines every key aspect of credit risk.

THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT HANDBOOK

G. Timothy Haight and Daniel D. Singer

Price: $69.95

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The Real Estate Investment Handbook provides readers with the necessary tools used by financial professionals to properly evaluate the opportunities in today's growing real estate market. Using modern financial techniques, the authors show investors how to screen real estate investment opportunities on the basis of their economic merits in order to ensure their arrival at a correct decision regarding their real estate purchases. In expert detail, The Real Estate Investment Handbook gives readers a clear understanding of the fundamentals of real estate value, patterns, and history.

RISK MANAGEMENT FOR PENSIONS, ENDOWMENTS, AND FOUNDATIONS

Susan M. Mangiero

Price: $69.95

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Discusses the important links among the accounting, corporate governance, and economic aspects of hedging. Provides non-technical guidance about the risk management process for endowments, foundations, and pension funds. Presents a simple step-by-step approach to risk management.

PRACTICAL PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ATTRIBUTION

Carl Bacon

Price: $95

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Practical Performance Measurement and Attribution provides a clear introduction to the subject of performance measurement. Focusing more on the practical use and calculation of performance returns rather than the academic background it will help readers gain a clear understanding of the role and implications of performance measurement in today's financial environment.

ACTIVE INDEX INVESTING: MAXIMIZING PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE AND MINIMIZING RISK THROUGH GLOBAL INDEX STRATEGIES

Steven A. Schoenfeld

Price: $89.95

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For over three decades, indexing has become increasingly accepted by both institutional and individual investors. Index benchmarks and investment products that track them have been a driving force in the transformation of investment strategy from art to science. Yet investors' understanding of the sophistication of this burgeoning field has lagged the growing use of index products. Active Index Investing is the definitive guide to how indexes are constructed, how index-based portfolios are managed, and how the world's most sophisticated investors use index-based strategies to enhance performance, reduce costs and minimize the risks of investing.

MANAGING A HEDGE FUND

Keith Black

Price: $65

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Hedge funds now account for 25 percent of all NYSE trading volume and are one of the fastest growing sectors in today's financial industry. Managing a Hedge Fund examines every significant issue facing a hedge fund manager, from management of numerous types of risk to due diligence requirements, use of arbitrage and other exotic activities, and more. Broad-based where most hedge fund books are narrowly focused, it provides current and potential managers with a concise but comprehensive treatment on managing and maximizing a hedge fund in today's fiercely competitive investing arena.

BEYOND THE J CURVE: MANAGING A PORTFOLIO OF VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS

Thomas Meyer & Pierre-Yves Mathonet

Price: $110

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In recent times, venture capital and private equity funds have become household names, but so far little has been written for the investors in such funds, the so-called limited partners. There is far more to the management of a portfolio of venture capital and private equity funds than usually perceived. Beyond the J Curve describes an innovative toolset for such limited partners to design and manage portfolios tailored to the dynamics of this market place, going far beyond the typical and often-simplistic recipe to 'go for top quartile funds'.

HEDGE FUNDS: QUANTITATIVE INSIGHTS

Francois-Serge L'Habitant

Price: $95

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This primer on the analysis of hedge funds offers investors a more quantitative understanding of this topic, providing a complete guide to portfolio techniques, asset allocation, performance measurement and product selection in the alternative investment world. Hedge funds are the fastest growing sector of the financial industry, and yet the least understood, by market professionals. Examines and popularises the results of several quantitative studies that have so far been confirmed within academic circles. Written by a highly regarded and impartial financial practitioner and academic, this will provide an excellent follow-on to Hedge Funds: Myths & Limits (Wiley 2002).

HANDBOOK OF ALTERNATIVE ASSETS

Mark J. P. Anson

Price: $69.95

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Many books cover individual alternative asset classes, but none offers a comprehensive examination of the four major classes as presented in the Handbook of Alternative Assets. This complete handbook merges data and strategies scattered in numerous volumes into one handy guide for the serious investor. The four major classes discussed are: Hedge funds, Commodity and managed futures, Private equity, Credit derivatives.Organized by sections–one for each alternative asset class–the Handbook of Alternative Assets demonstrates the benefits and risks of each alternative asset and reveals how these asset classes can be incorporated into a diversified portfolio.

HOW TO CREATE AND MANAGE A HEDGE FUND

Stuart a. McCrary

Price: $95

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"True to its title, McCrary provides a clearly written and complete overview of the issues associated with starting and running a hedge fund. And for those outside the hedge fund world, the book's successful marriage of finance theory and market practice with the author's own vast experience makes for an enjoyable and thoroughly informative read."Christopher L. Culp, Managing Director, CP Risk Management LLC, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago.

HEDGE FUNDS AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT HANDBOOK 2006

Multiple authors

Price: $195

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No one can doubt that the hedge fund industry is undergoing major changes. The possible implications on investment managers, hedge fund managers, prime brokers, investors, broker-dealers, the financial markets and the securities industry are up for discussion and debate. This phenomenal growth has brought with it new strategies and increased competition amongst service providers. It has never been so important to lift your strategy to another level which is why this Handbook brings together an internationally acclaimed editorial board of experts in the field to advise you on the issues that matter in the world of alternative investments.

HEDGE FUNDS: MYTHS AND LIMITS

Francois-Serge L'Habitant

Price: $95

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Hedge Funds are one of the fastest growing sectors of asset management. The industry has changed from being a small number of firms that features big name players such as George Soros and Julian Robertson, to a large market involving many thousands of companies. Press reports of the spectacular success and failure of firms such as the Quantum Fund, the Tiger Fund and LTCM have led to many misconceptions concerning hedge funds, their power and their influence. This state of affairs is not helped by the fact that they are exempt from regulation and little is known about them.This book dispels several misconceptions about hedge funds' operations and provides an impartial, up to date and comprehensive blend of theoretical and practical analysis of the market. The book also shows readers the fundamental concepts needed to understand strategies used by the funds and their potential positive and negative contributions to investment portfolios.

THE HEDGE FUND EDGE: MAXIMUM PROFIT/MIMIMUM RISK GLOBAL TREND TRADING STRATEGIES

Mark Boucher

Price: $80

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The Hedge Fund Edge is an indispensable guide for any investor or trader who wants to consistently profit from the markets without having to undergo huge risks. Mark Boucher, hedge fund manager and well-known speaker on trading, provides readers with a solid methodology for achieving market-beating, long-run returns with risk that is substantially below the long-run risk of U.S. and global equities.

ABSOLUTE RETURNS: THE RISK AND OPPORTUNITIES OF HEDGE FUND INVESTING

Alexander Ineichen

Price: $69.95

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Alexander Ineichen, CFA, is Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivatives Research at UBS Warburg in London. In October 2000, Ineichen authored In Search of Alpha: Investing in Hedge Funds, which has become the most often printed research publication in the documented history of UBS Warburg. He has also published several papers in peer-refereed financial journals, contributed numerous articles and chapters to financial newspapers, magazines, and books, and regularly speaks about hedge funds and risk at industry conferences."No one can afford to risk money in hedge funds without reading this comprehensive guide. The details are illuminating, presentation captivating, analysis brilliant and lessons profound. A wonderful contribution to the hedge fund literature."Prof. Narayan Y. Naik, Director, Centre for Hedge Fund Research and Education, London Business School.

THE HANDBOOK OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

Multiple authors (Edited by Darrell Jobman)

Price: $79.95

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Darrell Jobman is a writer and editorial consultant dealing primarily with financial and futures markets. He is an acknowledged authority on derivative markets and has spent his career writing and publishing about them. He formerly was editor in chief of Futures magazine and is currently a contributing editor. He has been an author, coauthor, editor, or ghostwriter for a number of books, including The Handbook of Technical Analysis, Masters of the Futures, and The Complete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading. Mr. Jobman has written various trading courses and developed several Web sites.

CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE: INSIGHTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SUCCESSFUL HEDGING

Nick P. Calamos

Price: $59.95

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In good markets and bad, convertible arbitrage can give investors the best of both worlds: the safety of bonds and all the possibilities of stock-like performance. This is partly why convertible arbitrage–following the larger trend of hedge funds–has moved to center stage in the last decade. But profiting from this increasingly popular investment strategy takes much more than knowing a few ground rules. It takes Convertible Arbitrage: Insights and Techniques for Successful Hedging.

HEDGE FUNDS: DEFINITIVE STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMCA

Price: $89.95

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The nonprofit Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) is the global professional association for investment consultants. Founded in 1985, IMCA is an organization whose mission is to promote education, ethics, and standards for the growing investment consulting profession, which provides consulting and advisory services to retirement funds, foundations, endowments, family offices, and wealthy individuals.

HEDGES ON HEDGE FUNDS: HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY ANALYZE AND SELECT AND INVESTMENT

James R. Hedges

Price: $49.95

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Hedge funds are among today's most controversial investment vehicles. They are also among the most successful, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 since 1989 on both an average-return and risk-adjusted basis. And hedge funds aren't just for the super-wealthy anymore. Hedges on Hedge Funds takes an inside look at hedge funds, helping investors of virtually every size understand: How a hedge fund works, including what a hedge fund is and what it is not. The three categories of hedge funds, and how to use them to actually reduce portfolio risk Funds of hedge funds, which make these lucrative vehicles available to more investors than ever before.Investors in today's tumultuous markets can't afford to overlook any possibilities, especially those with proven track records of success. Hedges on Hedge Funds removes the veil of secrecy from hedge funds, revealing how and why they consistently outperform markets—and how to make them a valuable component of your investment portfolio.

CREATE YOUR OWN HEDGE FUND: INCREASE PROFITS AND REDUCE RISKS WITH ETFs AND OPTIONS

Mark D. Wolfinger

Price: $59.95

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January 2005This book explains how exchange-traded funds can be used in conjunction with an options strategy to attain steady growth. Beginning with a tutorial on options and ETFs, the book goes on to describe both investment approaches in great detail providing readers with a trading strategy that generates higher returns than buy-and-hold investing–and allows readers to reduce risk by adopting a hedging strategy. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this book is intended for sophisticated individual investors and for those professional investors, traders, and other money managers looking to update their arsenal of investment tools.

HEDGE FUND COURSE

Stuart A. McCrary

Price: $72.95

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A self-study course that reviews the technical and quantitative knowledge necessary to properly manage a hedge fund.Today, traditional asset managers are looking to develop their own hedge funds as alternative offerings to their clients. Hedge Fund Course presents all the technical and quantitative knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company, and complements the less-technical information presented in the popular, How to Create and Manage a Hedge Fund (047122488X). Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, this book represents an executive-level educational program for money managers exploring the launch of alternative investment strategies or entering the hedge fund industry for the first time.

EVALUATING HEDGE FUND AND CTA PERFORMANCE: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS APPROACH

Greg N. Gregoriou and Joe Zhu

Price: $80.95

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"Quantitative analysis of hedge funds is a complex task considering the non-normality of their return distributions and failure of conventional approaches of benchmarking their performance using standard statistical techniques. This book by Gregoriou and Zhu does an excellent job of introducing the new approach of 'Data Envelopment Analysis', which should help everyone interested in analyzing hedge funds and managed futures. Highly recommended!"—Vikas Agarwal, Assistant Professor of Finance J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University.

HEDGE FUND MASTERS: HOW TOP HEDGE FUND TRADERS SET GOALS, OVERCOME BARRIERS AND ACHIEVE PEAK PERFORMANCE

Ari Kiev

Price: $50

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"As Ari Kiev notes in his latest, excellent book of trading insight, no two traders respond the same way to the same event, and that those who have survived in the business already have discipline and methodology. So what value comes from a book like this? Just as the world's finest sportsmen employ coaches, so should the world's finest trading professionals. Ari's understanding of 'life principles' that clutter even the wiliest trader's mind is one of many keys that will unlock your full potential. On every page, one can find a quotation or a question that encourages one to reappraise and develop one's skill set."—Ian Burns, Managing Director, Citigroup EVR Trading Group.

HEDGE FUNDS: INSIGHTS IN PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, RISK ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

Greg N. Gregoriou, Georges Hübner, Nicolas Papageorgiou and Fabrice Rouah

Price: $90

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Leading hedge fund experts examine current trends, applications, and theories in this in-depth look at hedge funds. You'll gain insights on everything from quantitative and qualitative analysis to portfolio allocation, risk analysis, performance measurement, and new methods of hedge fund performance, evaluation, and risk. You'll also review econometric and statistical models by well-known experts in the field. Order your copy of this dynamic book today.

HEDGE FUNDS: THE COURTESANS OF CAPITALISM

Peter Temple

Price: $49.95

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Like the courtesans of a bygone age, hedge funds cater to the wealthy and project an aura of mystery and excitement. But as the Long Term Capital Management debacle showed, their activities affect us all. Far from neutralising risk, as their name might suggest, some are simply vehicles for large-scale speculation - raiding currencies, disrupting bond markets, and embarrassing governments.This book looks in detail at the secret world of hedge funds, how they work, the larger than life characters who run them, their private passions and the risks they run.

THE HANDBOOK OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Thomas Schneeweis and Joseph F. Pescatore

Price: $80

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This practical handbook brings you strategic insights and practical research on institutional investments in a range of alternative asset classes by the most successful practitioners and leading applied academics. It is a complete guide to portfolio techniques, asset allocation, performance measurement and product selection in a range of assets including: hedge funds, managed futures, derivatives, private equity and venture capital, oil & gas, energy futures, and more.

THE NEW GENERATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT FOR HEDGE FUNDS AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Multiple authors (Lars Jäegar)

Price: $200

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October 2003This book describes and evaluates the unique risks affecting individual hedge fund strategies, private equity investments and generic risks of types of alternative investment strategies. Ensuring that both institutional investors and private investors have the information they need to be able to evaluate their investment advice and effectively allocate and manage their alternative investment strategies. The book has contributions by the leading names in the hedge fund and private equity universe, both managers and investors. From prudent hedge fund investing, understanding return sources of hedge funds and private equity investments, due diligence, convertible arbitrage strategy to a specific focus and other institutional investors.

HOW TO SELECT A HEDGE FUND OF FUNDS

Alan H. Dorsey

Price: $200

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Make sure you are aware of the risks and the opportunities of investing in hedge funds through fund of funds. Learn how to pick the winners and avoid the losers in fund of funds from one of the leading consultants to the hedge fund industry."Alan Dorsey has written a compelling book for those seeking to untangle the mysterious world of hedge funds and fund of funds. His no nonsense style helps chart a course for investors or prospective investors in this rapidly growing field."Arthur Levitt, Former Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

THROUGH THE ALPHA SMOKE SCREEN: A GUIDE TO HEDGE FUND RETURN SOURCES

Lars Jäeger

Price: $200

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"The author provides an excellent and in-depth examination of the hedge fund industry. Risk-return properties of hedge fund strategies, portfolio management and benchmarking hedge fund performance is meticulously addressed. This volume is sure to be a classic among hedge fund books. Anyone interested in hedge funds will greatly appreciate and benefit from the cutting edge research Lars has done in this volume. In essence, one can simply call this a handbook on hedge funds which belongs in everyone’s book collection. Lars has done it again with a gem of a book." Dr. Greg N. Gregoriou - Assistant Professor of Finance and Coordinator of Faculty Research at State University of New York (Plattsburgh).

EXPOSED TO THE J-CURVE: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PRIVATE EQUITY FUND INVESTMENTS

Ulrich Grabenwarter and Tom Weidig

Price: $200

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How can institutional and private investors safely invest into private equity?Two experienced market practitioners provide you with a review of the private equity fund industry and a description of all the relevant management issues of fund investments, from a day-to-day and a portfolio persepective to indirect investment vehicles like funds of funds and securitised notes. Learn how to think independently and avoid succumbing to the traps of private equity.

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Sohail Jaffer

Price: $170

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Published in association with AIMA (Alternative Investment Management Association), this book provides a concise explanation of a wide range of non-traditional investment strategies. Across 21 chapters the book examines a range of investment techniques including private equity and venture capital; skill-based strategies; hedge funds and risk management; emerging markets techniques; asset-backed securities; and insurance and credit derivatives. Concluding chapters discuss rating methodologies and the regulatory environment while appendices address key issues including due diligence.

ALTERNATIVE RISK STRATEGIES

Multiple authors

Price: $133

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A definitive guide to the relatively new area of alternative risk financing as opposed to traditional methods of finance with ground-breaking contributions from leading industry experts and academics.Explores the latest vital industry developments, research and practices. Detailed insight on a wide variety of related issues. Provides a thorough overview of the reinsurance industry, contingent financing, captives, finite risk, loss portfolio transfers, catastrophe risk, modelling issues and risk swaps.

CLIMATE RISK AND THE WEATHER MARKET: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT WITH WEATHER HEDGES

Multiple authors

Price: $228

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Provides a highly accessible and complete coverage of weather risk management as seen from the perspective of academics, consultants and practitioners. Introduces the non-specialist reader to the essentials of weather risk transfer including the market, instruments, strategies and approaches currently employed by those in the industry such as weather derivative portfolios, climate variability and data issues.Advanced readers will benefit from the more complex issues presented including pricing and structuring weather derivative risk models, forecasting and measuring weather risk as well as the developing uses of weather risk management.

HEDGE FUND RISK TRANSPARENCY: UNRAVELLING THE COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL DEBATE

Leslie Rahl

Price: $149

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The only title that focuses solely on hedge fund transparency and offers a balanced perspective that appreciates both the needs of institutional investors and hedge fund managers. Presents clear insight on why hedge fund transparency is an issue, as well as offers solutions.Includes "perspectives" based on interviews with numerous eminent practitioners from both sides of the investor/hedge fund debate. Written by the best-selling author and practitioner Leslie Rahl, who is the chair of the Investor Risk Committee of the IAFE Committee on Hedge Fund Transparency and is uniquely placed to advise on and explain the issues for all concerned participants.

INTELLIGENT HEDGE FUND INVESTING

Multiple authors

Price: $153

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Focusing on the wide range of hedge fund strategy choices and their associated challenges and risks, this title presents a wealth of new research to guide you past the potential pitfalls and develop your risk assessment skills. Presents cutting-edge research on hedge funds with broad coverage of investing, risk management and portfolio allocation and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics including VaR estimation, illiquidity and dynamic investment strategies. Explores important differences between approaches to hedge funds and standard investment choices. Gain a practical insight into the proper analytical tools for evaluating hedge fund investments in order to reach better decisions both in managing the risk of these investments and in allocating the risk among alternatives. Accurately compare and measure the pros and cons of various risk management strategies so that you can assess whether or not to follow a particular strategy. Enables hedge fund investors to adequately measure and weigh risk against benefits in order to optimise their asset allocations to hedge funds. Technical material is presented in appendices and explained in detail in the text, making the title ideal for readers with only moderate technical knowledge.

MANAGING HEDGE FUND RISK: STRATEGIES AND INSIGHTS FROM INVESTORS, COUNTER-PARTIES, HEDGE FUNDS AND REGULATORS

Multiple authors (Edited by Virginia Reynolds Parker)

Price: $178

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This comprehensively updated second edition combines the views of investors, hedge fund managers, fund of fund managers as well as regulatory professionals, to give you a full 360° view of the key risk management issues, as well as essential updates on the latest regulatory requirements.Featuring fresh insight by editor Virginia Reynolds Parker, the 23 chapters are authored by the most up-to-date leaders in the field - this edition also features 11 entirely new chapters that update you on the most crucial issues including: Regulatory risk for hedge fund managers; Examining potential risk mitigation benefits of diversification; Legal risks of investments in hedge funds; What does risk mean for pension fund trustees?Essential reading for investment bankers, allocators, dealers, counterparties, prime brokers, institutions, private investors, corporate plan sponsors, consultants or anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of hedge funds and their risks.

THE REGULATION OF HEDGE FUND MANAGERS BY THE SEC

Terrance J. O'Malley

Price: $350

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Hedge fund managers are being watched by the SEC with a careful eye, including those managers who are unregistered. This easy-to-read, thorough report delivers what all hedge fund managers need to know about SEC oversight.Each chapter provides a focused, detailed review of a different aspect of hedge fund manager regulation. The chapters contain critical information about when a manager must register with the SEC, what regulatory requirements a manager must meet (even for those who are not registered!) and when the SEC might visit for a compliance examination. With the sole purpose of educating managers, the book delivers powerful information on some of the most important need-to-know issues.

A MODERN APPROACH TO GRAHAM AND DODD INVESTING

Thomas P. Au

Price: $59.95

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The principles of value investing outlined by Graham and Dodd in the 1940s continues to be used today by individuals and companies who face challenging investment decisions. A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing examines the classic Graham and Dodd approach to valuation and updates it for the twenty-first century. Thomas Au, a credentialed analyst with a leading insurance company and an ex-Value Line analyst, reworks the basics of value investing from net present value, financial statement analysis, and return on capital to return and leverage, asset allocation, and diversification. Through case studies and real-time analysis, A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing presents readers with examples that will make analysis and portfolio theory more relevant and powerful.

FIXED INCOME MARKETS: INSTRUMENTS, APPLICATIONS, MATHEMATICS

Moorad Choudhry

Price: $89.95

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This book is a comprehensive and in-depth account of the global debt capital markets. It covers a wide range of instruments and their applications, including derivative instruments. Highlights of the book include:~ Detailed description of the main products in use in the fixed income markets today, including analysis and valuation, ~ Summary of market conventions and trading practices, ~ Extensive coverage of associated derivatives including futures, swaps, options and credit derivatives, ~ Writing style aimed at a worldwide target audience, ~ An overview of trading and investment strategy.

MCMILLAN ON OPTIONS

Lawrence G. McMillan

Price: $79.95

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Now, in a revised and Second Edition, this indispensable guide to the world of options addresses a myriad of new techniques and methods needed for profiting consistently in today's fast-paced investment arena. This thoroughly new Second Edition features updates in almost every chapter as well as enhanced coverage of many new and increasingly popular products. It also offers McMillan's personal philosophy on options, and reveals many of his previously unpublished personal insights.

QUANTITATIVE FINANCIAL ECONOMICS: STOCKS, BONDS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Keith Cuthbertson and Dirk Nitzsche

Price: $65

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This new edition of the hugely successful Quantitative Financial Economics has been revised and updated to reflect the most recent theoretical and econometric/empirical advances in the financial markets. It provides an introduction to models of economic behaviour in financial markets, focusing on discrete time series analysis. Emphasis is placed on theory, testing and explaining 'real-world' issues.

EQUITY MARKETS IN ACTION: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUIDITY, MARKET STRUCTURE & TRADING + CD

Robert Schwartz and Reto Francioni

Price: $89.95

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An in-depth look at the nature of market making and exchanges. From theory to practicalities, this is a comprehensive, up-to-date handbook and reference on how markets work and the nuances of trading. It includes a CD with an interactive trading simulation.Robert A. Schwartz, PhD (New York, NY), is Marvin M. Speiser Professor of Finance and University Distinguished Professor in the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY. Reto Francioni, PhD (Zurich, Switzerland), is President and Chairman of the Board of SWX, the Swiss Stock Exchange, and former co-CEO of Consors Discount Broker AG, Nuremberg.

BUILDING FINANCIAL MODELS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL: A GUIDE FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

K. Scott Proctor

Price: $49.95

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Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel + CD-ROM provides beginning or intermediate level computer users with step-by-step instructions on building financial models using Microsoft Excel-the most popular spreadsheet program available. The accompanying CD-ROM contains Excel worksheets that track the course of the book and allow readers to build their own financial models. This comprehensive resource also covers important topics such as the concept of valuation, the concept of sensitivity analysis, the concepts of contribution margin and financial ratios and the basics of building and using a Capitalization Table.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INVESTING

John R. Nofsinger

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This book is the first of its kind to delve into the fascinating and important subject of the psychology affecting investments. Its unique coverage describes how investors actually behave, the reasons and causes of that behavior, why the behavior hurts their wealth, and what they can do about it. Chapter topics include overconfidence, fear of regret and seeking pride, considering the past, mental accounting, forming portfolios, representativeness and familiarity, social interaction and investing, mood and investing, and self control and decision making. anyone who wants to invest (either professionally or personally), as well as portfolio managers, fund managers, pension managers, financial advisers, brokers, financial planners, traders, financial analysts, and CPAs.

STOCK PROFITS: GETTING TO THE CORE--NEW FUNDAMENTALS FOR A NEW AGE

Michael Thomsett

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As millions of investors have discovered the hard way, companies sometimes distort the operating results that investors depend upon for accurate analysis. In Stock Profits, Michael C. Thomsett offers a new approach to fundamental analysis that reveals exactly what's real — and what isn't.Thomsett shows you how to strip away misleading data that distorts a company's true "core earnings", growth curves, and business realities. Then, drawing on that information, he walks you through trend discovery, interpretation, and confirmation. You'll learn powerful new ways to manage market risk by assessing a stock's fundamental volatility. Whether you're already using fundamental analysis, technical analysis, or a dartboard, Stock Profits can help you achieve higher, more consistent returns.

BEYOND GOVERNANCE: CREATING CORPORATE VALUE THROUGH PERFORMANCE, CONFORMANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY

Martin Fahy, Anastasia Weiner and Jeremy Roche

Price: $60

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Following a series of corporate scandals, legislators have company executives in their sights, and are arming themselves with ever-greater regulatory firepower. All agree that good governance is essential - but must not be allowed to stifle business performance.Beyond Governance develops the concept of Enterprise Governance, an emerging framework which unites Performance, Conformance and Corporate Responsibility and shows how addressing all of these areas in a concerted, coordinated fashion will deliver value to the organisation and its stakeholders. In particular, it focuses on the skills, processes and systems that are required to deliver excellence in each of these areas, giving readers a practical insight into the issues and an understanding of best practice in each area.

THE OPTIONS COURSE WORKBOOK: STEP-BY-STEP EXERCISES AND TESTS TO HELP YOU MASTER THE OPTIONS COURSE

George A. Fontanills

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In The Options Course Workbook, Second Edition, George Fontanills offers a wealth of practical exercises that will help further the readers' understanding of options, as well as test and apply what they've learned before they take their first step into the real markets-where time and money are luxuries they cannot afford to lose. This hands-on companion to The Options Course, Second Edition includes a complete answer key and covers a wide range of options issues.

NEW TRADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Perry J. Kaufman

Price: $125

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For more than two decades, futures traders have turned to the classic Trading Systems and Methods for complete information about the latest, most successful indicators, programs, algorithms, and systems. Perry Kaufman, a leading futures expert highly respected for his years of experience in research and trading, has thoroughly updated this bestselling guide, adding more systems, more methods, and extensive risk analysis to keep this the most comprehensive and instructional book on trading systems today. His detailed, hands-on manual offers a complete analysis, using a systematic approach with in-depth explanations of each technique. This edition also includes a CD-ROM that contains the TradeStation EasyLanguage program, Excel spreadsheets, and Fortran programs that appear in the book.

OPERATIONAL RISK: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO IMPLEMENTATION

Ellen Leander Davis

Price: $178

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Highly practical focus explains operational risk regulatory matters and specifically aids you with the practical implementation of an operational risk programme in your organisationProvides easy access to the very latest thinking on Operational risk from the biggest names in the field including: Marco Moscadelli, Marcus Haas, Thomas Kaiser and Maurits BakkerCollates the latest, most influential and ground-breaking work recently published in, among others, Operational Risk magazineMakes it easy for first-timers to implement a regulatory compliance framework by providing an essential route-map that clearly shows you how to do this effectively and efficiently

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

E. Philip Davis and Benn Steil

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One of the most important recent developments in financial markets is the institutionalization of saving associated with the growth of pension funds, life insurance companies, and mutual funds. An increasing proportion of household saving is now managed by professional portfolio managers instead of being directly invested in the securities markets or held in the form of bank deposits. With the aging of the population and its adverse impact on public pension systems, the shift of individual savings to institutional investors is likely to become even more marked in the coming years.This book provides a comprehensive economic assessment of institutional investment. It charts the development and performance of the asset management industry and analyzes the implications of rising institutionalized saving for the development of the securities trading industry, the financial sector as a whole, and the wider economy. The book draws extensively on international experience, particularly in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.