BRUCE JOHNSON spent more than a decade as a hedge fund practitioner, managing and advising funds. He was CEO of Albourne America LLC, the U.S. arm of Albourne Partners, a hedge fund advisory firm based in London. While at Albourne, Johnson researched new approaches to hedge fund due diligence including the quantitative analysis of “fund failure” and hedge fund credit. After an earlier career as an architect and city planner in New York and London, Johnson has gained twenty-four years worth of experience in finance, including extended postings in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and London. While head of Global Research for Baring Securities, he published an important paper on the future of the Chinese and Indian economies, correctly predicting their current impact on global trade, and also created and managed the first investible global emerging markets equity index.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.Introduction.Part One: Life, Death, and Degeneration.Chapter 1: Historic Roots of Prohibitions against Fraud.Chapter 2: Assumptions Regarding Events and Uncertainties in the Mortality of Hedge Funds.Chapter 3: Uncertainties and Events within the Law Enforcement System.Part Two: Cases and Conclusions.Chapter 4: Cases.Chapter 5: Summary: Case Group Characteristics.Index.

BRUCE JOHNSON spent more than a decade as a hedge fund practitioner, managing and advising funds. He was CEO of Albourne America LLC, the U.S. arm of Albourne Partners, a hedge fund advisory firm based in London. While at Albourne, Johnson researched new approaches to hedge fund due diligence including the quantitative analysis of “fund failure” and hedge fund credit. After an earlier career as an architect and city planner in New York and London, Johnson has gained twenty-four years worth of experience in finance, including extended postings in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and London. While head of Global Research for Baring Securities, he published an important paper on the future of the Chinese and Indian economies, correctly predicting their current impact on global trade, and also created and managed the first investible global emerging markets equity index.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.Introduction.Part One: Life, Death, and Degeneration.Chapter 1: Historic Roots of Prohibitions against Fraud.Chapter 2: Assumptions Regarding Events and Uncertainties in the Mortality of Hedge Funds.Chapter 3: Uncertainties and Events within the Law Enforcement System.Part Two: Cases and Conclusions.Chapter 4: Cases.Chapter 5: Summary: Case Group Characteristics.Index.

BRUCE JOHNSON spent more than a decade as a hedge fund practitioner, managing and advising funds. He was CEO of Albourne America LLC, the U.S. arm of Albourne Partners, a hedge fund advisory firm based in London. While at Albourne, Johnson researched new approaches to hedge fund due diligence including the quantitative analysis of “fund failure” and hedge fund credit. After an earlier career as an architect and city planner in New York and London, Johnson has gained twenty-four years worth of experience in finance, including extended postings in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and London. While head of Global Research for Baring Securities, he published an important paper on the future of the Chinese and Indian economies, correctly predicting their current impact on global trade, and also created and managed the first investible global emerging markets equity index.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.Introduction.Part One: Life, Death, and Degeneration.Chapter 1: Historic Roots of Prohibitions against Fraud.Chapter 2: Assumptions Regarding Events and Uncertainties in the Mortality of Hedge Funds.Chapter 3: Uncertainties and Events within the Law Enforcement System.Part Two: Cases and Conclusions.Chapter 4: Cases.Chapter 5: Summary: Case Group Characteristics.Index.