Hedge Fund Due Diligence

An insider's guide to evaluating the most important part of a hedge fundAmaranth. Aurora. The Manhattan Fund. Bayou. To anyone invested in or interested in investing in hedge funds, these names evoke one thought: blow-ups. Knowing that these and other hedge funds have faltered is not particularly valuable; knowing how to avoid funds that might blow-up is crucial. Hedge Fund Due Diligence provides a step-by-step methodology that allows readers to do just that. Based on a framework that hedge fund investigative expert Randy Shain has refined over the course of his successful career, this book provides an overview of due diligence into hedge fund management, how information on managers can be obtained, and why this information is essential to the investment community. This timely resource will help readers spot blow-ups and avoid them.Randy Shain (Port Washington, NY) is Vice President at First Advantage Investigative Services, producers of the BackTrack Report, where he examines funds and fund management.