Hedge Funds Overview
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HEDGE FUNDS OVERVIEW

Objective

To provide a good overview of Hedge Funds assuming no prior knowledge.

Delegates 
- Fund Managers 
- Fund Administration Staff 
- Marketing and Sales Managers and IFAs 
- Private Bankers 
- Custodians and Depositaries 
- Prime Brokers 
- Lawyers and Accountants (CPD credit) 
- Compliance Officers

Content
- Hedge Funds defined. Lock-ups, Gates, Hurdle Rates, Side Pockets 
- The pursuit of Absolute Return & Performance Fees. 
- How large is the Hedge Fund Universe? The numbers in context 
- Where are they? Domicile, Onshore vs Offshore 
- Asset Class performance or Manager value-added? The search for Alpha

Hedge Funds Tactics, Counterparties and Compeition
- Tactics – Leverage & Short Selling. Regulatory intervention & increased transparency 
- Where is the competition? The reaction from the traditional Fund Managers 
- UCITS III – Hedge Funds ‘lite’? 
- External Relationships - Prime Brokerage, custodians, fund administrators

Issues for Hedge Fund Investors
- Rationale for Hedge Funds in an Investors’ Portfolio. Is it still there? 
- The non-correlated Asset Class, Survivorship Bias, Drawdown 
- The changing Investor base - Institutions are now the target market 
- Leverage, Risk and Transparency 
- Risk-adjusted performance measurement 
- Institutionalisation of Hedge Funds, Index Providers – Benchmark Risk

Risk Management for Hedge Funds
- Market, leverage and Credit risk 
- Political and legal risk 
- Gap and liquidity risk, Mark-to-market risk 
- Why do Hedge Funds fail? Do not forget Operational Risk 
- Tools for the Analysis of Financial Risk
– From VaR to Stress Testing 
- The Regulator’s standpoint
 
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