Hedge Fund Operational Due Diligence: Understanding the Risks

by Jason A. Scharfman

How to diagnose and monitor key hedge fund operational risks With the various scandals taking place with hedge funds, now more than ever, both financial and operational risks must be examined. Revealing how to effectively detect and evaluate often-overlooked operational risk factors in hedge funds, such as multi-jurisdictional regulatory coordination, organizational nesting, and vaporware, Hedge Fund Operational Due Diligence includes real-world examples drawn from the author's experiences dealing with the operational risks of a global platform of over 80 hedge funds, funds
of hedge funds, private equity, and real estate managers.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2008

Reviews

[bookreader]

Persuasive primer on the virtues & methods of addressing a fund's operational risk (its "risk without reward") in tandem with the customary due diligence target, investment risk. Perhaps even more valuable as a self-diagnostic health check for emerging & established fund managers alike.