H. Kent Baker is a University Professor of Finance in the Kogod School of Business at American University. As one of the most prolific finance academics, Professor Baker has authored or edited 26 books and has published more than 160 refereed articles in such journals as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Portfolio Management. He has consulting and training experience with more than 100 organizations. Professor Baker holds a BSBA from Georgetown University; M.Ed., MBA, and DBA degrees from the University of Maryland; and an MA, MS, and two PhDs from American University. He also holds CFA and CMA designations.Greg Filbeck is a Samuel P. Black III Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Penn State Behrend and serves as the Interim Director for the Black School of Business. Professor Filbeck has authored or edited seven books and published more than 90 refereed academic journal articles appearing in the Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Review, and Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting. He received a BS from Murray State University; an MS from Penn State University, and a DBA (finance) from the University of Kentucky. He also holds the CFA, FRM, PRM, CIPM, and CAIA designations.

Baker and Filbeck provide a valuable, in-depth resource and reference collection of articles exploring the complicated and significant role hedge funds represent in todays financial markets... Anyone with an interest in hedge funds and hedge fund investing will find this book a useful, unbiased, comprehensive overview and critical information resource.

• Contents List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsAbbreviations Part One INTRODUCTION1. Hedge Fund Fundamentals H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck 2. The Economics of Hedge Funds Shantanu Dutta, Arup Ganguly, and Lin Ge 3. The Life Cycle of Hedge Funds: A New Perspective Mila Getmansky and Rachel (Kyungyeon) Koh 4. Characteristics of Successful Hedge Fund Managers Ashrafee T. Hossain, Samir Saadi, and Maxim Treff Part Two STRUCTURE OF HEDGE FUND 5. Hedge Fund OrganizationDouglas Cumming, Na Dai, and Sofia Johan 6. Hedge Fund GovernanceLamia Chourou, Ashrafee T. Hossain, and Samir Saadi 7. Activist Hedge FundsTony Calenda, Chris Milliken, and Andrew C. Spieler 8. The Tax Framework of Hedge Funds François-Serve Lhabitant and Michel Brocard 9. Compensation and Incentives in Hedge FundsGarrett C. C. Smith and Gaurav Gupta 10. Off Shore Hedge FundsRoberto J. Santillán-Salgado and Juan José García-Santos Part Three INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF HEDGE FUNDS 11. Directional Equity Hedge Fund StrategiesOreste Auleta and Filippo Stefanini 12. Event Driven Hedge Fund StrategiesCaroline Farrelly and François-Serge Lhabitant 13. Global Derivatives Hedge Fund StrategiesChristopher Barnes, Ehsan Nikbakht, and Andrew C. Spieler 14. Relative Value Hedge Funds StrategiesGeorge Dikanorov, Joseph McBride, and Andrew C. Spieler 15. Multi-strategy Hedge Funds Paul-Henri Bayart-De-Germont and Daniel Capocci Part Four RISKS AND REGULATION 16. Risk Measurement and Management for Hedge Funds Guillaume Weisang 17. Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk Wulf A. Kaal and Timothy A. Krause 18. Operational Risk Management for Hedge Funds Claus Huber and Daniel Imfeld 19. Hedge Fund Due Diligence Jason Scharfman 20. Hedge Fund Regulation Wulf A. Kaal and Dale Oesterle Part Five HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE 21. Issues in Hedge Fund Research Thuy Bui and Abhishek Ganguly 22. Hedge Fund Pricing David Hampton 23. Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance David M. Smith 24. Financial Crises and Evaporating Diversification Benefits of Hedge Funds Monica Billio, Mila Getmansky Sherman, and Loriana Pelizzon 25. Hedge Fund Replication Paul Lajbcygier and Mikhail Tupitsyn 26. Hedge Funds and Performance Persistence Nan Qin and Ying Wang 27. Benchmarking and Bias in Hedge Funds Jeffrey S. Smith, Kenneth Small, and Phillip Njoroge 28. Style Analysis and Consistency William R. McCumber and Jyotsaana Parajuli Part Six ISSUES, TRENDS, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF HEDGE FUNDS 29. Current Hedge Fund Debates and ControversiesDianna Preece 30. Trends and Future Prospects of Hedge Funds Hunter M. Holzhauer Discussion Questions and AnswersIndex

H. Kent Baker is a University Professor of Finance in the Kogod School of Business at American University. As one of the most prolific finance academics, Professor Baker has authored or edited 26 books and has published more than 160 refereed articles in such journals as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Portfolio Management. He has consulting and training experience with more than 100 organizations. Professor Baker holds a BSBA from Georgetown University; M.Ed., MBA, and DBA degrees from the University of Maryland; and an MA, MS, and two PhDs from American University. He also holds CFA and CMA designations.Greg Filbeck is a Samuel P. Black III Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Penn State Behrend and serves as the Interim Director for the Black School of Business. Professor Filbeck has authored or edited seven books and published more than 90 refereed academic journal articles appearing in the Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Review, and Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting. He received a BS from Murray State University; an MS from Penn State University, and a DBA (finance) from the University of Kentucky. He also holds the CFA, FRM, PRM, CIPM, and CAIA designations.

Baker and Filbeck provide a valuable, in-depth resource and reference collection of articles exploring the complicated and significant role hedge funds represent in todays financial markets... Anyone with an interest in hedge funds and hedge fund investing will find this book a useful, unbiased, comprehensive overview and critical information resource.

• Contents List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsAbbreviations Part One INTRODUCTION1. Hedge Fund Fundamentals H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck 2. The Economics of Hedge Funds Shantanu Dutta, Arup Ganguly, and Lin Ge 3. The Life Cycle of Hedge Funds: A New Perspective Mila Getmansky and Rachel (Kyungyeon) Koh 4. Characteristics of Successful Hedge Fund Managers Ashrafee T. Hossain, Samir Saadi, and Maxim Treff Part Two STRUCTURE OF HEDGE FUND 5. Hedge Fund OrganizationDouglas Cumming, Na Dai, and Sofia Johan 6. Hedge Fund GovernanceLamia Chourou, Ashrafee T. Hossain, and Samir Saadi 7. Activist Hedge FundsTony Calenda, Chris Milliken, and Andrew C. Spieler 8. The Tax Framework of Hedge Funds François-Serve Lhabitant and Michel Brocard 9. Compensation and Incentives in Hedge FundsGarrett C. C. Smith and Gaurav Gupta 10. Off Shore Hedge FundsRoberto J. Santillán-Salgado and Juan José García-Santos Part Three INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF HEDGE FUNDS 11. Directional Equity Hedge Fund StrategiesOreste Auleta and Filippo Stefanini 12. Event Driven Hedge Fund StrategiesCaroline Farrelly and François-Serge Lhabitant 13. Global Derivatives Hedge Fund StrategiesChristopher Barnes, Ehsan Nikbakht, and Andrew C. Spieler 14. Relative Value Hedge Funds StrategiesGeorge Dikanorov, Joseph McBride, and Andrew C. Spieler 15. Multi-strategy Hedge Funds Paul-Henri Bayart-De-Germont and Daniel Capocci Part Four RISKS AND REGULATION 16. Risk Measurement and Management for Hedge Funds Guillaume Weisang 17. Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk Wulf A. Kaal and Timothy A. Krause 18. Operational Risk Management for Hedge Funds Claus Huber and Daniel Imfeld 19. Hedge Fund Due Diligence Jason Scharfman 20. Hedge Fund Regulation Wulf A. Kaal and Dale Oesterle Part Five HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE 21. Issues in Hedge Fund Research Thuy Bui and Abhishek Ganguly 22. Hedge Fund Pricing David Hampton 23. Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance David M. Smith 24. Financial Crises and Evaporating Diversification Benefits of Hedge Funds Monica Billio, Mila Getmansky Sherman, and Loriana Pelizzon 25. Hedge Fund Replication Paul Lajbcygier and Mikhail Tupitsyn 26. Hedge Funds and Performance Persistence Nan Qin and Ying Wang 27. Benchmarking and Bias in Hedge Funds Jeffrey S. Smith, Kenneth Small, and Phillip Njoroge 28. Style Analysis and Consistency William R. McCumber and Jyotsaana Parajuli Part Six ISSUES, TRENDS, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF HEDGE FUNDS 29. Current Hedge Fund Debates and ControversiesDianna Preece 30. Trends and Future Prospects of Hedge Funds Hunter M. Holzhauer Discussion Questions and AnswersIndex

H. Kent Baker is a University Professor of Finance in the Kogod School of Business at American University. As one of the most prolific finance academics, Professor Baker has authored or edited 26 books and has published more than 160 refereed articles in such journals as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Portfolio Management. He has consulting and training experience with more than 100 organizations. Professor Baker holds a BSBA from Georgetown University; M.Ed., MBA, and DBA degrees from the University of Maryland; and an MA, MS, and two PhDs from American University. He also holds CFA and CMA designations.Greg Filbeck is a Samuel P. Black III Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Penn State Behrend and serves as the Interim Director for the Black School of Business. Professor Filbeck has authored or edited seven books and published more than 90 refereed academic journal articles appearing in the Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Review, and Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting. He received a BS from Murray State University; an MS from Penn State University, and a DBA (finance) from the University of Kentucky. He also holds the CFA, FRM, PRM, CIPM, and CAIA designations.

Baker and Filbeck provide a valuable, in-depth resource and reference collection of articles exploring the complicated and significant role hedge funds represent in todays financial markets... Anyone with an interest in hedge funds and hedge fund investing will find this book a useful, unbiased, comprehensive overview and critical information resource.

• Contents List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsAbbreviations Part One INTRODUCTION1. Hedge Fund Fundamentals H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck 2. The Economics of Hedge Funds Shantanu Dutta, Arup Ganguly, and Lin Ge 3. The Life Cycle of Hedge Funds: A New Perspective Mila Getmansky and Rachel (Kyungyeon) Koh 4. Characteristics of Successful Hedge Fund Managers Ashrafee T. Hossain, Samir Saadi, and Maxim Treff Part Two STRUCTURE OF HEDGE FUND 5. Hedge Fund OrganizationDouglas Cumming, Na Dai, and Sofia Johan 6. Hedge Fund GovernanceLamia Chourou, Ashrafee T. Hossain, and Samir Saadi 7. Activist Hedge FundsTony Calenda, Chris Milliken, and Andrew C. Spieler 8. The Tax Framework of Hedge Funds François-Serve Lhabitant and Michel Brocard 9. Compensation and Incentives in Hedge FundsGarrett C. C. Smith and Gaurav Gupta 10. Off Shore Hedge FundsRoberto J. Santillán-Salgado and Juan José García-Santos Part Three INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF HEDGE FUNDS 11. Directional Equity Hedge Fund StrategiesOreste Auleta and Filippo Stefanini 12. Event Driven Hedge Fund StrategiesCaroline Farrelly and François-Serge Lhabitant 13. Global Derivatives Hedge Fund StrategiesChristopher Barnes, Ehsan Nikbakht, and Andrew C. Spieler 14. Relative Value Hedge Funds StrategiesGeorge Dikanorov, Joseph McBride, and Andrew C. Spieler 15. Multi-strategy Hedge Funds Paul-Henri Bayart-De-Germont and Daniel Capocci Part Four RISKS AND REGULATION 16. Risk Measurement and Management for Hedge Funds Guillaume Weisang 17. Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk Wulf A. Kaal and Timothy A. Krause 18. Operational Risk Management for Hedge Funds Claus Huber and Daniel Imfeld 19. Hedge Fund Due Diligence Jason Scharfman 20. Hedge Fund Regulation Wulf A. Kaal and Dale Oesterle Part Five HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE 21. Issues in Hedge Fund Research Thuy Bui and Abhishek Ganguly 22. Hedge Fund Pricing David Hampton 23. Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance David M. Smith 24. Financial Crises and Evaporating Diversification Benefits of Hedge Funds Monica Billio, Mila Getmansky Sherman, and Loriana Pelizzon 25. Hedge Fund Replication Paul Lajbcygier and Mikhail Tupitsyn 26. Hedge Funds and Performance Persistence Nan Qin and Ying Wang 27. Benchmarking and Bias in Hedge Funds Jeffrey S. Smith, Kenneth Small, and Phillip Njoroge 28. Style Analysis and Consistency William R. McCumber and Jyotsaana Parajuli Part Six ISSUES, TRENDS, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF HEDGE FUNDS 29. Current Hedge Fund Debates and ControversiesDianna Preece 30. Trends and Future Prospects of Hedge Funds Hunter M. Holzhauer Discussion Questions and AnswersIndex