Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Inroduction: The model for superior performance -- Hedge funds in the investment portfolio: Institutional investment in hedge funds -- Investing in hedge funds: investment policy implications -- Structuring a hedge fund investment portfolio -- Pros and cons of hedge fund investing for wealthy individuals -- Assessing the risks of hedge fund investing -- Understanding and evaluating key sectors of the hedge fund universe: Funds of funds -- Custom hedge funds using long and short managers -- Offshore funds -- Track records length: the Ins and outs of hedge fund size -- Legal, accounting and operational issues: Critical legal and regulatory issues -- Critical accounting, tax and systems issues -- Unrelated business taxable income considerations for tax exempt investors in securities partnerships -- Prime brokerage -- Appendix: Profiling hedge fund styles.