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Handbook of Alternative Assets (Frank J. Fabozzi Series)
by Mark J. P. Anson
from Wiley
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Great Reference & Starter
I purchased the Book of Alternative Assets in order to study for the CAIA Level 1 exam. The book is a great reference and starter to all kinds of alternative assets. It gives the reader a good overall view of the different tools and strategies of alternative investing. It's a fairly qualitative approach and includes diagrams to aid in the delivery of concepts.
The book covers hedge funds, commodities and managed futures, private equity, credit derivatives, and corporate governance.
The hedge fund... more info
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Good Book but do not upgrade to online version from amazon!
The content of the book is good and useful. However please do not upgrade to amazon online accesss. I upgraded and every other day you cannot acccess the entire book online.You can only browse first 8 pages and then when you call amazon customer service they would temporarily resolve the issue only to have the same issue reoccur again.
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Great Reference 
Nice overview of alternative asset classes. One reference of many we use for research, cross-reference, marketing and new associate education.
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Uneven 
I have to agree with the woman from SC below -- this book is horribly edited. The typos are everywhere.
Also, some of the statements are questionable generalizations - e.g. p.100, Anson is quoting a hedge fund document:
Anson:
"Consider the following language from a hedge fund disclosure document.
'The fund's objective is to make investments in public securities that generate a long term return in excess of that generated by the overall US equity market...'
...[T]he manager... more info
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