Hedge fund
The English name of Hedge Fund is Hedge Fund, which means "risk hedge fund". It originated in America in the early 1950s. At that time, its operation purpose was to use financial derivatives such as futures and options to buy and sell related stocks, and the risk hedging operation skills could avoid and resolve investment risks to a certain extent. 1949 The first Jones hedge fund with limited cooperation in the world was born. Although hedge funds appeared in the 1950s, they did not attract much attention in the next 30 years.
Compared with public funds, hedge funds are a relatively new asset class even overseas, and are usually classified as alternative investments together with real estate investment, private equity investment and venture capital. In fact, the world's first hedge fund is believed to have been founded by Alfred Winslow Jones in 1949, only more than 60 years ago. Hedge funds have a shorter history in China, and the golden period can be roughly counted from 20 13.