"hedge fund" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hedge funds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hedge fund (plural hedge funds)
  1. (finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets). Wikipedia link: hedge fund Categories (topical): Finance, Stock market Translations (unregistered investment fund): 對沖基金 (Chinese Mandarin), 对冲基金 (duìchōng jījīn) (Chinese Mandarin), hedgefonds [neuter] (Dutch), hedge-rahasto (Finnish), vipurahasto (Finnish), fonds spéculatif [masculine] (French), ჰეჯ-ფონდი (heǯ-pondi) (Georgian), Hedgefonds [masculine] (German), vogunarsjóður [masculine] (Icelandic), ヘッジファンド (hejji fando) (Japanese), hekkefond [neuter] (Norwegian), хедж-фонд (xedž-fond) [masculine] (Russian), fondo de cobertura [masculine] (Spanish), hedgefond [common-gender] (Swedish)

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