The hedge fund fraud casebook / Bruce Johnson.

An in-depth, well-researched look at 100 hedge fund frauds. Compared to mutual funds, hedge funds are the James Bonds of the marketplace. They have been relatively unfettered by government regulation, and they play bigger games, take bigger risks, use unorthodox methods, and have the power to captur...

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Main Author: Johnson, Bruce, 1947 February 4-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Hedge Fund Fraud Casebook; Contents; Preface: Hedge Fund Life and Death; ALL ROADS START SOMEWHERE ELSE; WHAT'S DOING IN DUE DILIGENCE?; THE SUCCESS OF FAILURE; CREDIT IS THE PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; BAITING FRAUD; Acknowledgments; Introduction; FINANCE IS SCIENCE; FRAUD IS LAW; Part One: Life, Death, and Degeneration; Chapter 1: Historic Roots of Prohibitions against Fraud; Chapter 2: Assumptions Regarding Events and Uncertainties in the Mortality of Hedge Funds; Chapter 3: Uncertainties and Events within the Law Enforcement System; Part Two: Cases and Conclusions; Chapter 4: Cases.