Hedge Fund Strategies and Tools, 3rd Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511946971)

Mick Swartz, Associate Professor of Finance Professor Mick Swartz is a financial economist whose research has been published in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance and Financial Review. He is a board member of the California Hedge Fund Association (CHFA). Dr. Swartz is also chapter executive and founding member of the Los Angeles branch of the Chartered Alternative Investment Association (CAIA). In 1997, he won the ANBAR Award for a paper that is listed as among the top 150 business papers in the world. Professor Swartz has made over twenty presentations at finance conferences, has consulted the US Senate on derivatives legislation, appeared on CNN, NPR and NBC and appeared before state legislators concerning executive compensation and merger legislation. He has taught investments, hedge funds, derivatives and corporate finance in many countries, including Ukraine, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, and Germany. Before joining USC, Professor Swartz taught at Purdue University, where he was recognized as Distinguished Professor numerous times for his teaching. He has over 15 academic publications and over 25 presentations. He spent one year as an international visiting research scholar at The University of Chicago, taught at the University of Notre Dame and Purdue University.