Hedge Funds and Financial Market Dynamics

By Anne C Jansen, Donald J Mathieson, Barry J. Eichengreen, Laura E. Kodres, Bankim Chadha, Sunil Sharma

May 15, 1998

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Anne C Jansen, Donald J Mathieson, Barry J. Eichengreen, Laura E. Kodres, Bankim Chadha, and Sunil Sharma. Hedge Funds and Financial Market Dynamics, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Hedge funds are collective investment vehicles, often organized as private partnerships and resident offshore for tax and regulatory purposes. Their legal status places few restrictions on their portfolios and transactions, leaving their managers free to use short sales, derivative securities, and leverage to raise returns and cushion risk. This paper considers the role of hedge funds in financial market dynamics, with particular reference to the Asian crisis.

Subject: Arbitrage, Commodities, Financial institutions, Hedge funds, Mutual funds, Securities, Stocks

Keywords: Arbitrage, Caribbean, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Global, Hedge fund manager, Hedge fund operation, Hedge funds, Investment vehicle, Market, Market integrity, Market transparency, Mutual funds, OP, Role of hedge funds, Securities, Southeast Asia, Stocks

Publication Details

Pages:

80
Volume:

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Series:

Occasional Paper No. 1998/009
Stock No:

S166EA0000000
ISBN:

9781557757364
ISSN:

0251-6365

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