Hedge Funds Masters Program

A Complete Package - Classic Strategies| Performance Analysis| Concept of Leverage| Accounting & Taxation| Risk| etc

What you'll learn

The course will help you learn about the Introduction to the concept of Hedge funds, its Definition and meaning, History, Features

Structure of a hedge fund, Fee structure, Legislation, Current trends, Top HF

The difference between Hedge fund and Mutual Fund.

The course will help you learn about the most famous and used strategies in Hedge fund trading

Leverage strategy, Long Only, Short Only, Equity Long Short , Market Neutral, Short Bias, Long Bias and Variable Bias.

The course will help you learn about how performance analysis of hedge fund happens

Requirements

Basic knowledge of finance concepts

Description

Hedge funds market has seen huge growth potential in last decade and seems to be expanding. Many are not aware of it and how they actually work. It is a self-study course based on interactive video sessions that would cover important aspects of Hedge Funds which would help its participants get an overview of this exciting market.The course has been divided into logical sections which will help you learn the followingThe course will help you learn about the Introduction to the concept of Hedge funds, its Definition and meaning, History, Features, Structure of a hedge fund, Fee structure, Legislation, Current trends, Top HF 2015 and the difference between Hedge fund and Mutual Fund.The course will help you learn about the most famous and used strategies in Hedge fund trading. The strategies would be explained with the help of live case studies and examples along with the advantage and disadvantages of using these strategies. We shall also understand when best we should use them. These strategies include the leverage strategy, Long Only, Short Only, Equity Long Short , Market Neutral, Short Bias, Long Bias and Variable Bias.The course will help you learn about how performance analysis of hedge fund happens. It would be explained with the help of live case studies and examples so that the learner can comprehend all about it. We shall also understand when best we should use them. These tutorials include understanding high water mark calculation, traditional performance measures, CAPM, sharpe ratio, sortino ratio, treynor ratio, information ratio, benchmark analysis, quartile chart, calmer ratio time series analysis, modern techniques in analyzing hedge fund performance.The course will help you learn about accounting and taxation concepts of Hedge Funds. The tutorials will help you learn structure of hedge funds, carried interest, Bermuda, offshore funds, master feeder structure, US reporting requirements, accounting and accounting entries for hedge funds and finally look at NAV calculations with the help of examples.The course will help you learn about risk management in Hedge Funds. The tutorials will help you learn about risk exposure, standard deviation, VaR, downside capture, drawdown, stress testing, sensitivity analysis, risk management software and finally we will discuss a case study to wrap up the entire learning on managing risks w.r.t hedge funds.The course will help you learn from various success and failure hedge fund case studies. Understand the reasons for the failures and what could have been to avoid them. We will discuss case studies on companies such as Bridgewater, Tiger Management, Amaranth Advisors, LTCM, Soros Management.

Overview

Section 1: Overview of Hedge Funds

Lecture 1 Introduction to Hedge Funds

Lecture 2 Definition of Hedge Funds

Lecture 3 History of Hedge Funds

Lecture 4 History of Hedge Funds Continues

Lecture 5 Key Feature

Lecture 6 Absolute Returns

Lecture 7 Advantages and Disadvantages

Lecture 8 Fee Structure

Lecture 9 Legislation

Lecture 10 Legislation Continues

Lecture 11 Current Trends

Lecture 12 More on Current Trends

Lecture 13 Top Hedge Fund 2015

Lecture 14 Hedge fund vs Mutual Fund

Section 2: Classic Strategies In Hedge Funds

Lecture 15 Content of HF Strategies

Lecture 16 Introduction on HF Strategies

Lecture 17 Leverage Of HF Strategies

Lecture 18 Most Leveraged Hedge Fund 2015

Lecture 19 Case Study - LTCM

Lecture 20 Long Only

Lecture 21 Short Only

Lecture 22 Equity Long Short

Lecture 23 Market Neutral

Lecture 24 Chart Title

Lecture 25 Short Bias

Lecture 26 Long Bias

Lecture 27 Variable Bias

Lecture 28 Example Part 1

Lecture 29 Example Part 2

Lecture 30 Example Part 3

Section 3: Other Important Hedge Fund Strategies

Lecture 31 Introduction to Other Strategies

Lecture 32 Emerging Markets

Lecture 33 Features of Emerging Markets

Lecture 34 Regional Performance

Lecture 35 Multi Strategy

Lecture 36 Multi Strategy Risk

Lecture 37 Managed Future Trading CTA

Lecture 38 Advantages and Disadvantages of CTA

Lecture 39 Credit Strategy

Lecture 40 Event Driven Strategy

Lecture 41 Merger and Risk Involved

Lecture 42 Event Driven Strategy Examples

Lecture 43 Bloomberg Opposite Scenario

Lecture 44 Global Macro Strategy

Lecture 45 Global Macro Strategy Continues

Lecture 46 Funds of Hedge Funds

Section 4: Hedge Fund Performance Analysis

Lecture 47 Introduction to Performance Analysis

Lecture 48 High Water Mark Calculation

Lecture 49 Traditional Performance Measures

Lecture 50 CAPM

Lecture 51 Sharpe Ratio

Lecture 52 Sortino Ratio

Lecture 53 Treynor Ratio and Information Ratio

Lecture 54 Benchmark Analysis

Lecture 55 Quartile Chart

Lecture 56 Calmer Ratio

Lecture 57 Time Series Analysis

Lecture 58 Schneeweis and Spurgin

Lecture 59 Style Analysis

Lecture 60 Fund and Hsieh

Lecture 61 Software Available

Section 5: Concept of Leverage in Hedge funds

Lecture 62 Introduction to Concept of Leverage in Hedge funds

Lecture 63 Measuring Leverage

Lecture 64 Measuring Leverage Strategy

Lecture 65 How Hedge Fund obtain Leverage

Lecture 66 HF Leverage - What Can Go Wrong

Lecture 67 What Can Go Wrong Continues

Lecture 68 How Much Leverage is Important

Section 6: Hedge Fund Accounting & Taxation

Lecture 69 Introduction to Accounting and Taxation

Lecture 70 Structure of Hedge Funds

Lecture 71 Carried Interest

Lecture 72 Carried Interest Continue

Lecture 73 Bermuda

Lecture 74 Offshore Structure

Lecture 75 Benefits Offshore Funds

Lecture 76 Master Feeder Structure

Lecture 77 US Reporting Requirements

Lecture 78 De Minimis Rule

Lecture 79 Accounting

Lecture 80 Accounting Entries

Lecture 81 Accounting Entries Continues

Lecture 82 Example of Interest Rate

Lecture 83 Understand Cash Flow Hedging

Lecture 84 NAV Calculation

Lecture 85 More on NAV Calculation

Section 7: Hedge Fund Risk management

Lecture 86 Introduction to Risk Management

Lecture 87 Risk Exposure

Lecture 88 Risk Exposure Continues

Lecture 89 Measure of Risk

Lecture 90 Standard Deviation

Lecture 91 Value at Risk

Lecture 92 VaR Historical Simulation

Lecture 93 Calculating Value at Risk

Lecture 94 Var Covar Matrix

Lecture 95 Var Covar Matrix Continue

Lecture 96 Downside Capture

Lecture 97 Drawdown

Lecture 98 Stress Testing

Lecture 99 Sensitivity Analysis

Lecture 100 Risk Management Software

Lecture 101 Case Study - LTCM LTCM Hedge Fund Risk management

Lecture 102 Case Study - LTCM LTCM Hedge Fund Risk management Continue

Lecture 103 Risk Management Lesson - LTCM

Lecture 104 Risk Management Lesson - LTCM Continue

Section 8: Hedge Fund Success & Failure Case Studies

Lecture 105 Introduction to Case Studies

Lecture 106 Understand Bridge Water Hedge Fund

Lecture 107 Tiger Management

Lecture 108 Amaranth Advisors

Lecture 109 Amaranth Advisors Continues

Lecture 110 LTCM

Lecture 111 LTCMs Portfolio

Lecture 112 LTCM's Portfolio Continue

Lecture 113 Soros Fund

Lecture 114 Low Interest Rate and High Inflation

Lecture 115 Summery

Equity research analyst, Bankers, Risk Managers, Credit Analyst,Appropriate also for those who want to have a thorough understanding of the basic hedge fund strategies and the Industry