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Definition of Hedge fund
1. Noun. A flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging.
Generic synonyms: Fund, Investment Company, Investment Firm, Investment Trust
Definition of Hedge fund
1. Noun. Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets). All hedge funds are supposed to be hedged from risk; hence the name. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedge Fund
Literary usage of Hedge fund
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Economics Glossary: English-French = Glossaire de L'économie de L'OCDE by Oecd (2006)
"... CES] hedge buying syn. buying hedge qv hedge efficiency efficience de la
couverture [FIN] hedge fund syn. hedging fund fonds d'investissements ..."
2. Mutual Fund Industry: SEC’s Revised Examination Approach Offers Potential by Richard J. Hillman (2006)
"A final oversight challenge facing SEC's mutual fund examination progne involves
a new rule requiring hedge fund advisers to register with the agency.20 ..."
3. Mutual Fund Trading Abuses: SEC Consistently Applied Procedures in Setting by Richard J. Hillman (2005)
"hedge funds are also characterized by their fee structure, which compensates the
adviser based upon a percentage of the hedge fund's capital gains and ..."
4. Policies and Methods Used by Federal Departments to Award Recognition to (1993)
"The term "hedge fund" is often used to characterize a variety of different types of
... Broadly speaking, a hedge fund can be defined to include any pooled ..."
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