Guide to hedge funds what they are, what they do, their risks, their advantages
Hedge fund managers are the new ""masters of the universe."" The best earn more than 1 billion a year and are so sought after that they can afford to turn investor money away. The funds they run have, to some extent, established an alternative financial system, replacing banks as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
2011.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Economist series.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627989306719 |
| Summary: | Hedge fund managers are the new ""masters of the universe."" The best earn more than 1 billion a year and are so sought after that they can afford to turn investor money away. The funds they run have, to some extent, established an alternative financial system, replacing banks as lenders to risky companies, acting as providers of liquidity to markets and insurers of last resort for risks such as hurricanes, and replacing pension funds and mutual funds as the most significant investors in many companies-even in some cases buying companies outright. The revised and updated second edition of thi |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283306560 9786613306562 9781118163320 |
