Subjects:

Banking and Finance

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Nature of the Beast - What is a Hedge Fund?

Chapter 2: Establishment Options - Jurisdiction

Chapter 3: Establishment Options - Legal Form

Chapter 4: Service Providers - Making it Happen

Chapter 5: Regulatory Overview -UK

Chapter 6: Regulatory Overview - Selected Offshore Jurisdictions

Chapter 7: The US dimension

Chapter 8: Marketing - Selected Jurisdictions

Chapter 9: Taxation - an Overview

Chapter 10: Key Fund Terms

Chapter 11: Inside the Black Box - a look at some Common Strategies

Chapter 12: Investing in Hedge Funds - The Investor Perspective

Hedge Funds provides a user-friendly, concise yet comprehensive guide to the core law of hedge funds. Armed with a strong practical focus, the book covers both domestic and international aspects in on handy volume.

Other topics covered include how to set up a hedge fund, the core law (FSA, FSMA, CIS regime), jurisdiction and choice of vehicle, a comparative assessment of different offshore jurisdictions, commentary on the US position (from a UK practitioner’s perspective), tax aspects, trading strategies, UCITS III, market abuse, and the investor perspective.

Background documents are also included, along with checklists of issues to consider.