The Handbook of Alternative Assets

by Mark J.P. Anson

This book discusses and describes four types of alternative assets: hedge funds, private equity, credit derivatives, and commodity futures. Hedge funds and private equity are the best known of the alternative assets, but certainly not the only alternative assets available. The author explores each one of these alternative asset classes in detail, providing practicaal advice along with useful research.

Genres: Finance

502 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2002

About the author

Mark J. P. Anson, PhD, CAIA, is a Managing Partner at Oak Hill Investment Management, LP. Dr. Anson previously served as President and Executive Director of Investment Services at Nuveen Investments, Chief Executive Officer at Hermes Pension Management Limited, and Chief Investment Officer at California Public Employees' Retirement System. He has published over 100 research articles in professional journals, has won two Best Paper Awards, is the author of six financial textbooks, and sits on the editorial boards of several financial journals.

Reviews

[Daniel Siliski · Rating 1 out of 5]

Junk book, no value. Do not buy. Buy a CAIA curriculum book instead. This is overly academic and has no practical value. By way of explanation, I have spent 20 years in alts, bought & read this book early on, and never referenced it once during the course of business.

[Nic]

alternative assets rock.
thank you.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

this one is really a page-turner.