http://hedgemutualfunds.info/the-hedge-fund-compliance-and-risk-management-guide/ Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:06:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://hedgemutualfunds.info/the-hedge-fund-compliance-and-risk-management-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-359 David R. Harper Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:46 +0000 http://hedgemutualfunds.info/the-hedge-fund-compliance-and-risk-management-guide/#comment-359 I don't own the book. But I just received the latest issue of GARP Risk Review which features an article by the esteemed Aaron Brown (he has an Amazon weblog). Before you dare spend $95 on the book, please read his review. In a generous act of professionalism, he offers a detailed critique that ends with "If Wiley can get away with this in risk management, we are not a profession." The problem is not that the book is bad or that it does not reflect its title, not even that it has not been edited. Rather, Brown itemizes why the book's contents are largely "downloaded from the internet or taken from unpublished papers that are of little or no relevance to the topic." In short, the author and the publisher need to explain themselves and issue refunds to buyers. I read a lot of hedge fund books for work and this is not an isolated case: some publishers pick hot topics in finance (hedge funds, credit derivatives), where the price points are really high (you have $125/$150 books in this category), then they rush "products" to market where much of the content is simply copied from previous sources. Rating: 1 / 5 I don’t own the book. But I just received the latest issue of GARP Risk Review which features an article by the esteemed Aaron Brown (he has an Amazon weblog). Before you dare spend $95 on the book, please read his review. In a generous act of professionalism, he offers a detailed critique that ends with “If Wiley can get away with this in risk management, we are not a profession.” The problem is not that the book is bad or that it does not reflect its title, not even that it has not been edited. Rather, Brown itemizes why the book’s contents are largely “downloaded from the internet or taken from unpublished papers that are of little or no relevance to the topic.” In short, the author and the publisher need to explain themselves and issue refunds to buyers. I read a lot of hedge fund books for work and this is not an isolated case: some publishers pick hot topics in finance (hedge funds, credit derivatives), where the price points are really high (you have $125/$150 books in this category), then they rush “products” to market where much of the content is simply copied from previous sources. Rating: 1 / 5

]]> http://hedgemutualfunds.info/the-hedge-fund-compliance-and-risk-management-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Eugene H. Steele Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:09:08 +0000 http://hedgemutualfunds.info/the-hedge-fund-compliance-and-risk-management-guide/#comment-358 This is rather basic and the subject is difficult to be current on. It is a good place to start but not end on the subject. Rating: 3 / 5 This is rather basic and the subject is difficult to be current on. It is a good place to start but not end on the subject. Rating: 3 / 5

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