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

by J.S. Aikman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576603555
• ISBN13: 9781576603550
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Bloomberg Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"