When Prime Brokers Fail: The Unheeded Risk to Hedge Funds, Banks, and the Financial Industry

ISBN-13: 9781576603550 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 304 str.

J. S. Aikman

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An informative primer on the new landscape of leading prime brokers Before the recent financial crisis, both regulators and market participants disregarded the complex and dangerous nature of the relationship between prime brokers (the banks) and their clients (the funds). In When Prime Brokers Fail, J. S. Aikman examines the convoluted structure of this relationship, the main participants, and the impact of the near collapse of prime brokerages on the financial world. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, When Prime Brokers Fail takes a close look at the unheeded risks of prime finance and lays out the steps required for managers to protect their funds and bankers to protect their brokerages.

• Examines the challenges, trends, and risks within the prime brokerage space
• Discusses the structural adjustments firms will need to make to avoid similar disasters
• Analyzes the complex relationship between hedge funds and their brokerages and the risks that multiply in extraordinary markets
• Covers new ways to manage an inherently risky business and the regulations that may soon be introduced into this arena

Engaging and informative, this timely book details the intricacies and interdependencies of prime brokerages and the role that these operations play in our increasingly dynamic financial system.

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Acknowledgments ix

PART I The Business

Chapter 1 Extraordinary Markets 3

Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Prime Finance 27

Chapter 3 Strategy and Opportunity 41

PART II The Players

Chapter 4 Hedge Funds 55

Chapter 5 Hedge Fund Managers and Investment Advisers 99

Chapter 6 Prime Brokerages 117

Chapter 7 Prime Brokerage Business Model 135

Chapter 8 Securities Lending and Financing 165

Chapter 9 Executing Brokers 185

PART III The Risks and Rewards

Chapter 10 Life Cycles 199

Chapter 11 Risk Management 205

Chapter 12 Legal and Compliance Issues 213

Chapter 13 What the Future Holds 235

Appendix A Prime Broker List 255

Appendix B List of Securities Lenders 257

Appendix C Prime Broker Due Diligence Questionnaire 259

Appendix D Useful Links Prime Finance 265

Bibliography 267

Glossary of Useful Terms 277

About the Author 281

Index 283

O autorze

J. S. Aikman is a management consultant and lawyer advising managers and financial institutions. He also lectures on hedge funds and investment banking at the University of Toronto. Previously VP and counsel for a bulge–bracket investment bank in London, Aikman has broad international experience in alternative investments and has served as adviser to many successful entrepreneurial ventures. Aikman completed his MBA at Oxford University. He may be reached at ja@jsaikman.com.

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Praise for When Prime Brokers Fail

"An essential guide to understanding why so many hedge funds failed during the 2008 crash and why so many will continue to fail in the future."
François Lhabitant, PhD Chief Investment Officer, Kedge Capital Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School

"A must–read for every hedge fund manager, investment banking executive, and prime brokerage professional. This is hands down the most educational resource on the challenges, trends, and risks within the prime brokerage space."
Richard Wilson, founder of the Prime Brokerage Association and PrimeBrokerageGuide.com

"Aikman does a masterful job of examining and explaining the intricacies and interdependencies of prime brokerages and the role that these operations play in our increasingly complex financial system."
Peter J. Shippen, CFA, CAIA President, Redwood Asset Management Inc.

The New Dangers of Prime Finance

In this revealing book, J. S. Aikman takes a detailed and thorough look at the complex relationship between hedge funds and their brokerages and the risks that multiply in extraordinary markets. Before the credit crash, the inextricable relationship between banks and brokers was a little–known risk for both parties. When troubles loom large, the unraveling of these tightly wound affiliations can seriously damage both organizations and induce systemic financial collapse. When Prime Brokers Fail takes a close look at the unheeded risks of prime finance and lays out the steps required for managers to protect their funds and bankers to protect their brokerages.