TY - BOOK AU - AU - Cumming,Douglas AU - Johan,Sofia A. AU - Wood,G. TI - The Oxford handbook of hedge funds T2 - Oxford handbooks SN - 9780198840954 U1 - 332.64524 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Hedge funds KW - Fonds spéculatifs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of Hedge Funds -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introducing Hedge Funds -- PART I HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY, FLOWS, AND GOVERNANCE -- 2. The Lost Decade for Hedge Funds: Three Threats -- 3. Hedge Fund Flows -- 4. Hedge Funds and Limited Partnership Agreements -- PART II HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES -- 5. Investment Strategies of Hedge Funds -- 6. Hedge Fund Strategies in the Post-​Crisis Era -- 7. Convergence and Diversity in the Hedge Fund and Private Equity Industry -- 8. Hedge Funds and Herding Behavior; 9. Optimal Embedded Leverage for Portfolios of Commodity Trading Advisors -- 10. Financial Technology and Hedge Funds -- PART III HEDGE FUND ACTIVISM -- 11. Hedge Fund Activism vs Other Activist Investors -- 12. A Review of Hedge Fund Activism: Impact on Shareholders vs. Stakeholders -- 13. Gone Global: The International Diffusion of Hedge Fund Activism -- 14. Hedge Fund Activism and Financial Performance -- 15. Hedge Fund Activism and Corporate Innovation -- PART IV HEDGE FUND MISCONDUCT AND REGULATION -- 16. Hedge Funds and Financial Misreporting -- 17. Misconduct at Hedge Funds; 18. Outsourcing Compliance Functions and Fraud Detection -- 19. Indirect Regulation of Hedge Funds -- 20. Tax Optimization of Hedge Funds -- 21. Locating Hedge Funds in a Subjective and Political Economy Context -- Index N2 - This Handbook provides a comprehensive look at the hedge fund industry from a global perspective ER -