Archive for April 9th, 2008

What is a Hedge Fund (or how do they differ from mutual funds)?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Anthony Clake, who is working at Marshall Wace had to give a definition of what Hedge Funds are at the London School of Economics Alternative Investment Conference. He referred to the Wikipedia-Entry on Hedge Funds, but I found an even better description in Hulls book which also outlines the differences to ...

Organizational Changes of Markets and Exchanges

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

In Hulls book about futures and options, he mentions the profound changes that the Exchanges went through. While most of the different type of futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were established well before the 1970ies, the formation of options all started roughly at the same time between 1973 and ...

ISSA - International Securities Services Association

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Institution: International Securities Services Association Abbreviation: ISSA Type: Private Founded: 1979 (The idea of an association of securities administrators from all over the world was first conceived in 1975 over a luncheon between C.F. Ahrens, then Head of Securities Administration at Citibank, New York, and B. Imseng, Head of Securities Administration at Union ...

Hull: “Fundamentals of Futures and Option Markets”

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

A good book for getting started into the basic of futures and options is John C. Hulls book called "Fundamentals of Futures and Option Markets". John C. Hull is s a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the University of Toronto. He studied Mathematics in Cambridge University, and holds an ...