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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.
== See also ==
* [[Assets]]
* [[Contract]]
* [[Finance lease]]
* [[Lessee]]
* [[Lessor]]
* [[Operating lease]]
* [[Sale and leaseback]]




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.
==Other links==
 
*[http://www.treasurers.org/node/5745 Leasing, Will Spinney, ACT 2010]
This is no longer generally the case.
*[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8924 Students: A lesson on leases, The Treasurer, April 2013]
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Fund]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[Leveraged]]
* [[Long position]]
* [[Prime brokerage]]
* [[Short position]]
*[[Side pocket]]


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

Revision as of 06:06, 4 October 2013

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


Other links

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