Topic: Alternative Investments

Catalog description

This course surveys a broad range of Alternative Investment strategies with particular emphasis on Hedge Funds. Students will learn how large, sophisticated Institutional Investors (i.e pensions, not-for-profit foundations and endowments) use these investment strategies in practice. This course will teach the foundations of different types of Alternative Assets and Investments. This course will focus on global hedge fund trading strategies such as relative value and arbitrage trading, event-driven strategies (i.e distressed debt) and hedge equity (i.e directional and market neutral). The course will discuss hedge fund structures, business model and performance measures. This course will also discuss the latest regulatory environment. Coure Rotation: NY: Spring.