Alternative Investments and Retail Investors – A Bold but Risky Experiment

Harry McVea

Research Handbook on Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Alternative Investments

Research Handbooks in Financial Law series

Edited by Phoebus Athanassiou

This unique and detailed Handbook provides a comprehensive source of analysis and research on alternative investment funds in the EU, the US and other leading jurisdictions.

Handbook

Published in print:: 29 Feb 2012

ISBN:: 9781849802789

eISBN:: 9781849806084

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806084

Pages:: 520

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Chapter 5: Alternative Investments and Retail Investors – A Bold but Risky Experiment

Harry McVea

Handbook Chapter

Published:: 29 February 2012

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806084.00014

Pages:: (29 total)

Collection: Law 2012

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5. Alternative investments and retail investors – a bold but risky experiment Harry McVea* 1. INTRODUCTION The label ‘alternative investments’ is notoriously ill-defined, perhaps best characterized in terms of an attitude to risk rather than as a ...

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