Fund of Hedge Funds : Hedge Fund Analysis and Selection
The fund of hedge fund manager in practice
- Understand alternative asset management strategies
- Avoid traps and mistakes when selecting hedge funds
- Know how to build a portfolio of hedge funds
Why Funds of Hedge Funds (FoHFs) ?
- Service offering
- Drawbacks
- FoHF or advisory ?
FoHF types
- Generalist
- Specialist
Results
- Benefits for investors
- FoHFs and diversified long-only funds
Players
- FoHF managers
- Investors in FoHFs
Asset class selection
- Markovitz and MPT
- Strategic asset allocation
- Tactical asset allocation
Strategy selection
- Alternative strategies
- Alternative management styles
- Alternative management tools
- Quantitative selection
- Qualitative selection
Manager selection
- Objectives of a sound manager selection
- Quantitative selection
- Performance attribution
- Qualitative selection
Case Study: fund blow-ups !
Portfolio construction
- Portfolio construction objectives
- Portfolio construction methodologies
Risk management
- Which amount of risk for which return ?
- Alternative strategies specific risks
- Manager risks
- Market risks : how to assess and measure them ?
- Operational risks
Risk control
- Risk control VS risk management
- Organisation
- Alerts
Future of FoHFs
- Transparency
- Valuing investor service
Information sources
- Databases
- Rankings and awards
- Fund ratings
- Best practices
Why Funds of Hedge Funds (FoHFs) ?
- Service offering
- Drawbacks
- FoHF or advisory ?
FoHF types
- Generalist
- Specialist
Results
- Benefits for investors
- FoHFs and diversified long-only funds
Players
- FoHF managers
- Investors in FoHFs
Asset class selection
- Markovitz and MPT
- Strategic asset allocation
- Tactical asset allocation
Strategy selection
- Alternative strategies
- Alternative management styles
- Alternative management tools
- Quantitative selection
- Qualitative selection
Manager selection
- Objectives of a sound manager selection
- Quantitative selection
- Performance attribution
- Qualitative selection
Case Study: fund blow-ups !
Portfolio construction
- Portfolio construction objectives
- Portfolio construction methodologies
Risk management
- Which amount of risk for which return ?
- Alternative strategies specific risks
- Manager risks
- Market risks : how to assess and measure them ?
- Operational risks
Risk control
- Risk control VS risk management
- Organisation
- Alerts
Future of FoHFs
- Transparency
- Valuing investor service
Information sources
- Databases
- Rankings and awards
- Fund ratings
- Best practices
Christophe Chouard

Before creating Aldis Capital, as a Financial Investment Advisor, Christopher was CEO of HDF Finance (manager of funds of hedge funds)for 6 years. Previously, he was responsible for the sales force "fixed income" for France and Belgium for 2 years at Credit Agricole CIB, having spent 15 years at JP Morgan in various positions in sales and structuring customized instruments "fixed income" (cash, currency derivatives, interest rate and credit) in Paris and London. Christopher received his AMF Certification in 2011. He graduated from the Ecole Centrale Paris (1983)and has an MBA from HEC (1986).
Christophe Chouard also teaches :
- Analyse financière d’une banque (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Blockchains : mode passagère ou bouleversement à venir ? (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Comprendre la gestion d’actifs (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Évolutions réglementaires en gestion d’actif (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- La titrisation (Catalogue Finance d'entreprise)
- Le marché obligataire (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Les financements du BFR (Catalogue Finance d'entreprise)
- Les financements obligataires (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Les financements obligataires High Yield (Catalogue Finance d'entreprise)
- Les obligations High Yield (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Les obligations hybrides et « cocos » (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Les opérations de LBO (Catalogue Finance d'entreprise)
- Les Placements privés (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Multigestion alternative : l’analyse et la sélection de hedge funds (Catalogue Marchés financiers)
- Stratégie de financement (Catalogue Finance d'entreprise)