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9780471899730

Hedge Funds Courtesans of Capitalism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471899730

  • ISBN10:

    0471899739

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-04-11
  • Publisher: WILEY

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Summary

This title looks at the workings of hedge funds showing their successes and failures. Well known hedge funds are scrutinized through research and interviews with fund managers, consultants, regulators, and central banks.

Author Biography

<B>PETER TEMPLE</B> worked as an investment analyst in fund management and broking for 18 years, before turning full time to writing in 1988. <BR> He writes widely on financial topics, mainly for a private investor readership. His articles are published in the <I>Financial Times</I>, the <I>Investors Chronicle</I>, <I>Shares</I> magazine, <I>International Fund Investment</I>, and a variety of other publications and websites. <BR> His previous books cover topics like online investing, investing for beginners, venture capital, and trading options. <BR> Peter and Lynn Temple live in the London suburbs in Woodford Green, but travel widely. They have two grown-up children, both professional musicians. <P>

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Courtesans of Capitalism
1(20)
Masters of the Universe
21(24)
Speculators and hedgers
45(24)
Rogues, philosophers and philanthropists
69(20)
The Archimedes of Greenwich
89(24)
Toxic waste and vultures
113(20)
Highwaymen of the global economy
133(20)
The hedge fund in your bank
153(18)
Finance's four-letter word
171(18)
Dance of the seven veils
189(22)
Attaining respectability
211(18)
Taming Archimedes
229(16)
Bibliography 245(18)
Index 263

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