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A higher risk investment fund often characterised by taking short positions as well as long positions, including speculative positions in derivatives.
A contract whereby the owner of an asset (the lessor) offers rights to use the asset to another party (the lessee) for a certain period.
 
In return the lessee makes payments of pre-determined amounts to the lessor.
Hedge funds operate in a wide range of markets, with a wide variety of strategies.
 
Many of them are highly leveraged and are typically designed for more sophisticated investors.
 
 
The 'hedge' part of their name originally suggested that they were hedged against any adverse effects from general falls or rises in markets, because of the taking of linked short and long positions by the earliest hedge funds.
 
This is no longer generally the case.  
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Fund]]
* [[Contract]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[Finance lease]]
* [[Leveraged]]
* [[Lessee]]
* [[Long position]]
* [[Lessor]]
* [[Prime brokerage]]
* [[Operating lease]]
* [[Short position]]
* [[Sale and leaseback]]
*[[Side pocket]]


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[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

A contract whereby the owner of an asset (the lessor) offers rights to use the asset to another party (the lessee) for a certain period. In return the lessee makes payments of pre-determined amounts to the lessor.

See also