Top Hedge Fund Investors / Wiley Finance Editions (PDF)

A professional's guide to the world of hedge fund investing

Throughout the financial crisis of 2008, many hedge funds
suffered massive losses and were often blamed for the extreme
market upheavals. In the wake f the crisis, hedge funds remain a
source of fascination for the media, legislators, and investors,
mostly due to misunderstanding. Historically portrayed as risky
investment funds for the very wealthy run by swashbuckling traders,
the truth is hedge funds are simply an investment vehicle designed
to generate superior returns and reduce an investor's overall
portfolio risk.

Investors have good reasons to remain fascinated with hedge
funds. Although many individual funds have underperformed or
collapsed, hedge funds as a whole have provided solid returns while
reducing risks. Savvy institutions have invested in hedge funds for
many years and have made them a large and powerful force in the
markets. Investing in hedge funds requires sophisticated knowledge,
understanding, skill, access, and experience. Individuals and
institutions, whether they are new to hedge funds or need to
improve, can find those attributes in the stories of the successful
hedge fund investors profiled in Hedge Fund Investors.

Hedge Fund Investors chronicles the challenges and
rewards these investors face, in selecting hedge fund managers,
managing risks, and constructing portfolios. In revealing
conversations, leading hedge fund investors who place hundreds of
billions of dollars in hedge funds, share their philosophies,
strategies, and advice.

* Profiles a variety of different investors from the pioneers in
hedge fund investing to managers for high net-worth individuals and
fund of funds investors

* Discusses winners and losers in the recent market decline,
problematic hedge fund strategies, and how these current events
will change future strategies

* Provides lessons, insights, and advice beneficial to all hedge
fund investors

Engaging and informative, Hedge Fund Investors will prove
valuable to anyone involved in placing money with hedge funds, as
well as hedge funds who seek to better understand their
clients.