Hedge funds and alternative investments
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Investment
strategy |
Arbitrage /
Relative value
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- Equity market neutral
- Fixed income arbitrage
- Convertible arbitrage
- Statistical arbitrage
- Volatility arbitrage
- Capital structure arbitrage
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Event-driven
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- Merger arbitrage / Risk arbitrage
- Distressed securities
- Activist shareholder
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Directional
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- Long/short equity
- Global macro
- CTA/managed futures
- Dedicated short
- Convergence trade
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Other
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- Fund of hedge funds / Multi-manager
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Trading |
- Algorithmic trading
- Day trading
- High-frequency trading
- Prime brokerage
- Program trading
- Proprietary trading
- Trend following
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Related
terms |
Markets
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- Equity
- Fixed income
- Commodities
- Money markets
- FX
- Derivatives
- Structured securities
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Misc
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- Alpha
- Beta
- Delta neutral
- Hedging
- Shorting
- Securitization
- Technical analysis
- Fundamental analysis
- AUM
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Investors |
- Institutional Investors
- Pension funds
- Insurance companies
- Endowments
- Investment Banks
- Merchant Banks
- Fund of hedge funds
- High net worth individuals
- Family offices
- Sovereign wealth funds
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- Hedge funds
- Hedge fund managers
- Alternative investment firms
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