Hedge Funds, Leverage, and the Lessons of Long-Term Capital Management - Couverture souple

President's Working Group

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1646790243 ISBN 13 : 9781646790241

Editeur : Cosimo Reports, 2020

Synopsis

".. excessive leverage can increase the likelihood of a general breakdown in the functioning of financial markets." --President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 1999

Hedge Funds, Leverage, and the Lessons of Long-Term Capital Management is a report issued by the President's Working Group in 1999, after the prior year's crisis in global financial markets and the near collapse of Long-Term Capital Management. This report explains the risks of excessive leverage of hedge funds and other financial institutions to the financial system, and recommends measures to mitigate these risks.

Students of financial history, journalists, politicians, and anyone interested in the workings of financial markets and the Plunge Protection Team, will find this vital background reading.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

PRESIDENT'S WORKING GROUP ON FINANCIAL MARKETS-a.k.a. the Plunge Protection Team-was created after the financial crash on October 19, 1987, by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Its goals are to enhance the integrity, orderliness and competitiveness of the U.S. financial markets and maintaining investor confidence. Members of the Working Group are the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairpersons of the Federal Reserve System, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Reports
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1646790243
• ISBN 13: 9781646790241
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 146
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