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"Contents" [2012] ELECD 231; in Athanassiou, Phoebus (ed), "Research Handbook on Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Alternative Investments" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Research Handbook on Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Alternative Investments

Editor(s): Athanassiou, Phoebus

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849802789

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents


List of contributors vii
List of abbreviations ix
Preface and acknowledgements xii

Introduction 1

PART A FOUNDATIONS

1 Hedge funds ­ an introduction 13
Ludwig Chincarini
2 Europe's hedge fund industry ­ an overview 63
Andrea Hankova and François-Serge Lhabitant
3 Sovereign-wealth funds ­ a paradigm shift in capital flows in
the global economy 89
Dilip K. Das
4 Private equity funds' performance, risk and selection 113
Ludovic Phalippou

PART B REGULATORY ISSUES

5 Alternative investments and retail investors ­ a bold but
risky experiment 141
Harry McVea
6 Hedge fund reporting 170
Felix Goltz and David Schröder
7 Hedge fund activism 195
Alon Brav, Wei Jiang and Hyunseob Kim
8 Hedge funds and the detection of managerial fraud 218
Veronika Krepely Pool
9 Self-regulation ­ what future in the context of hedge
funds? 244
Marco Lamandini
10 Hedge fund regulation through competition law principles
­ some reflections 268
David Harrison



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vi Hedge funds, private equity and alternative investments

PART C ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS ­
FAILURES AND FINANCIAL CRISES

11 Lessons of Long-Term Capital Management and
Amaranth Advisors 293
Mark Jickling
12 Hedge funds and their impact on systemic stability 309
Maria Strömqvist
13 Sovereign default risks in the Economic and Monetary
Union and the role of vulture funds 332
Peter Yeoh

PART D COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES AND
FUTURE PROSPECTS

14 US regulation of investment advisers and private
investment funds ­ a concise overview 355
Nathan Greene and John Adams
15 German alternative investment fund regulation ­ wrong
answers to ...