Operational Risk Red Flags: Lessons Learned from Ten Hedge Fund Blow-ups

Operational Risk Red Flags: Lessons Learned from Ten Hedge Fund Blow-ups

Penny Cagan, April 2008

This paper examines the lessons learned and ten specific 'red flags' that can be extracted from a case study analysis of recent hedge fund blow-ups, with emphasis on the Amaranth Advisors loss event.

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