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Alternative Investments and the Mismanagement of Risk

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  • © 2003

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  1. Dimitris N. Chorafas
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Alternative Investments Defined

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    Pages 1-27

  3. Are Alternative Investments Inherently Risky?

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    Pages 28-57

  4. Globalisation, Legal Risk, Reputational Risk, and Technology Risk

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    Pages 58-83

  5. The Financial Risks Taken with Alternative Investments

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    Pages 84-110

  6. Hedge Funds, Multimanagers, and the Macromarkets

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    Pages 111-134

  7. Risk and Return with Derivatives

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    Pages 135-158

  8. Scrutinising Alternative Investment Strategies Intended to Give Higher Returns

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    Pages 159-184

  9. Assessing Strategic Risks through Stress Testing

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    Pages 185-214

  10. Highly Leveraged Institutions, Regulators, and the New Lenders of Last Resort

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    Pages 215-236

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 237-260
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About this book

'Investors beware' is good advice in any situation, especially when dealing with the control of risk and alternative investments. In this book Chorafas has uncovered the hidden risks behind alternative investments through extensive research in the US, UK, Germany France, Italy Scandinavia and Switzerland. He also provides solutions to the problems identified. This book is particularly important in light of recent scandals such as Enron and WorldCom.

About the author

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.

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