Hedge funds, regulation and financial crisis

The aim of this thesis is to describe hedge funds, regulation and changes in it and especially about the situation of financial crisis. Introduction of the work deals with the general characteristics of this type of funds, their historical development, successes, and failures. Furthermore, the comparison report describes the differences from the more common investment funds and outlines some strategies used in these funds. I compare their efficiency to global stock index. An important part of the thesis is the regulation of the fund the ongoing changes in the regulation because of the financial crisis. At the end of the thesis, is a subjective evaluation of the impact of regulation and the financial crisis on the industry of the hedge funds. A practical part analyzes the relationship of hedge funds and the public in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where the results show little awareness and knowledge of hedge funds