HEDGE FUNDS AS AN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES (Fundusze hedgingowe jako alternatywna klasa inwestycji)

• Authors: Falkowski Michal
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Hedge fund which became a popular alternative investment is a collective term for different types of investment fund. A common feature of these funds is that they have absolute earnings targets, that is they set targets for earnings irrespective of developments on, for example, the stock exchange. The paper deals with the current problem of the financial crisis and the effect it made worldwide for many institutional and private investors. It discusses the role played by hedge funds in developments on the financial markets, and to what extent they are affected by the effects of the crisis, as a recurring feature of every financial crisis. It also shows a wind range of strategies used by hedge funds to achieve their goal.

Keywords

EN

FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEDGE FUNDS; INVESTMENT FUND

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania w Warszawie
• Journal: Contemporary Economics
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 3(11)
• Pages: 55-70
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Falkowski Michal

• Michal Falkowski, Wyzsza Szkola Finansow i Zarzadzania, ul. Pawia 55, 01-030 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA092522