Tail Hedging or Tail Hedge
Tail Hedging Funds are designed to benefit when extreme events occur. So-called Black Swan events (named after Australia’s Black Swans, an animal so alien to European minds that its existence […]
Equity hedge
Equity hedge funds can be long/short funds that have a portfolio where the long positions are more or less offset by short positions, or equity long bias, funds that are almost […]
Protection strategies
Some hedge fund strategies are designed to make money when other assets are falling in value. Collectively these can be referred to as protection strategies. The simplest of these is […]
Event driven
Event driven, in the context of hedge fund strategies, refers to a strategy that seeks to take advantage of an event such as a take-over or a bankruptcy. It assumes […]
EPRA NAV
The EPRA NAV is a net asset value per share calculated in accordance with EPRA’s methodology i.e. net assets on the balance sheet excluding the effects of hedges, debt adjustments associated with the […]