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China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

November 2007

Hedge funds: Breadth leads to destruction?


That a third of hedge fund assets are invested in multi-strategy funds has implications for the wider market when funds need to sell off their most liquid assets.


Does anyone remember when single-strategy hedge funds started branching into other strategies with a passion three years ago? The big debate back then was style drift, and whether these managers had the experience to invest in asset classes beyond their existing expertise.After a brief period of humming and hawing, investors decided it was better for a fund to have broader investment opportunities, and the hedge fund managers’ performance in multi-strategy funds eased any concerns about their expertise.What no one considered at that...


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