Hedge Fund industry: Developments and Practices
October 21, 2004
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This paper analyzes developments in the hedge fund industry. The significant growth of hedge funds, driven by institutional investors, has heightened the desire by the official sector to better understand hedge funds and their activities. The paper examines how one may achieve a better understanding of hedge funds and their market activities, particularly for financial stability considerations. The paper reviews and updates developments in the hedge-fund industry since the previous IMF study in 1998, and considers what progress has been made to satisfy various recommendations and proposals from that time.
Subject: Arbitrage, Asset and liability management, Asset management, Commodities, Credit, Financial institutions, Government asset management, Hedge funds, Money, Mutual funds, Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords: Arbitrage, Asset management, Credit, GFSR, Global, Government asset management, hedge fund activity, hedge fund assets, hedge fund exposure, hedge fund industry, hedge fund leverage, hedge fund manager, hedge fund structure, Hedge funds
Pages:
13
Volume:
2004
DOI:
Issue:
003
Series:
Global Financial Stability Report No. 2004/003
Stock No:
GFSREA2004100
ISBN:
9781451939262
ISSN:
1729-701X
