Frank J. Travers

Hedge Fund Analysis

An In-Depth Guide to Evaluating Return Potential and Assessing Risks

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed, step-by-step book covering the entire hedge fund evaluation process

Investing in hedge funds is different from investing in other asset classes. There is much less publicly available information about hedge funds performance than there is about mutual funds or individual stocks. Consequently, investing in this class requires more sophisticated investment knowledge, greater due diligence, and, in many cases, a better-developed ability to evaluate investment managers.

Hedge Fund Analysis provides a broad framework of how to approach this endeavor, from initial screening to analytical techniques, interviewing skills, and legal and contract negotiations. Along the way, it demonstrates a variety of mechanisms for monitoring and tracking hedge funds and the underlying hedge fund portfolios--explaining each stage of the process in minute detail and providing specific examples which fully explain the opportunities and challenges you'll face each step of the way.
Provides a detailed look at how to source hedge funds, screen through them, and rank their strengths and weaknesses
Lays out a thorough process for evaluating funds, from initial interviews to performance analysis to onsite meetings
Reveals what questions to ask by strategy in order to understand the underlying risk factors associated with each
Highlights non-investment analysis, including operational due diligence and risk management, as integral elements in the process

Written by a financial professional with over twenty years of experience conducting investment manager due diligence, this book will put you in a position to make more informed decisions when investing in hedge funds.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Finance
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781118175460
• ISBN-10: 1118175468
• Artikelnr.: 35451556

Autorenporträt

FRANK J. TRAVERS, CFA, is a portfolio manager at Larch Lane Advisors. He has over two decades of experience analyzing traditional long-only, private equity, and hedge fund strategies. Previously, he was the director of research at First Peninsula Capital and a portfolio manager at Pine Street Advisors and CIC Group. Additionally, he held positions as the director of due diligence at CIBC World Markets, associate director of international equity research at Evaluation Associates, and senior analyst positions at Morgan Stanley Asset Management and RCB Trust. Travers is the author of Investment Manager Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Portfolio Selection, Monitoring, and Optimization, also published by Wiley. He received his BS in finance from St. John's University and his MBA from Fordham University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xi PART ONE Background CHAPTER 1 Hedge Fund History 3 So Who
Invented the Hedge Fund? 4 The Samurai 4 The Academic 5 The Legend 14 The
Innovator 17 CHAPTER 2 Hedge Fund Asset Class 29 Definition 29 Hedge Fund
Structure 31 Hedge Fund Strategies 32 Advantages of Allocating to Hedge
Funds 43 Hedge Fund Size and Age Impacts Performance 52 PART TWO Hedge Fund
Due Diligence CHAPTER 3 Due Diligence Process 57 Key Areas of Focus within
Each Component of Due Diligence 57 The Due Diligence Process Highlighted in
This Book 60 Putting It All Together 67 Some Initial Thoughts 70 CHAPTER 4
Initial Data Collection 77 Data Collection 78 Due Diligence Questionnaire
(DDQ) 80 Fictional Capital Management 80 Other Materials 106 Further
Analysis 108 13F Analysis 116 Hedge Fund Journal 119 CHAPTER 5 Initial
Interview 121 Initial Call or Meeting 121 Phone Interviews 122 Meeting
Notes 139 CHAPTER 6 Quantitative Analysis 145 Performance Measures 146
Absolute Return Measures 146 Absolute Risk Measures 154 Regression-Based
Statistics 164 Peer Group Analysis 168 CHAPTER 7 Portfolio Analysis 173
Attribution Analysis 174 Fundamental Analysis 189 Evaluating Portfolio Data
193 CHAPTER 8 Onsite Interviews 217 Onsite Meeting Strategies 219
One-on-One Meetings 219 Meeting with More Than One Person 222 Different
Perspectives 223 Meeting Notes 224 Onsite Interviews at Fictional Capital
Management (FCM) 228 CHAPTER 9 Operational Due Diligence 259 Case Study:
Bayou Fund 259 Definition 261 Importance of Operational Due Diligence 263
Categorization of Operational Due Diligence 267 Interview with FCM
Operational Staff 301 CHAPTER 10 Risk Due Diligence 309 Graphical Depiction
of Hedge Fund Risks 312 Risk Due Diligence 314 Factor Decomposition
Analysis 330 Interview with FCM Risk Manager 333 CHAPTER 11 Reference and
Background Checks 339 Onlist and Offlist References 340 Internet and Social
Media 341 Contacting References 343 Problematic References 346 Whose
References Should You Check? 349 How Many Reference Calls Are Enough? 350
Background Checks 352 Summary of Reference Calls for FCM 353 CHAPTER 12
Hedge Fund Scoring Model and Decision Making 357 Hedge Fund Scoring Model
358 Putting It All Together 374 About the Author 379 Index 381