ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT NEWS
Alternative investments are doing well regardless of the subprime
mess. Craig Asche, executive director of the Chartered Alternative Investment
Analyst Association, shares his outlook with CNBC's Amanda Drury and Sri
Jegarajah.
Watch the interview...
The word "liquidity" gets bandied about quite a lot, but it is
surprising how many portfolio managers take a naïve approach to
liquidity. It is well known that one should be compensated for
investing in less liquid instruments (liquidity premium), but how much?
What is the value of liquidity?
It is dangerous in merely trust one's intuition...
CHICAGO - As institutions now pour more capital into hedge funds than any other single group, they are demanding better risk controls and more transparency in pricing and the overall investment process. Hedge funds have answered the call by providing more information, but by doing so they may risk losing their edge.
Hedge funds are not the...
Gibraltar is gaining an ever stronger foothold as a hedge fund domicile, according to James Levy QC of Hassans, the international law firm which pioneered Gibraltar's fund industry. Levy's remarks came as the firm announced that Robert Koller, an associate lawyer in its specialist funds department, has passed the first two levels of...
AMHERST, Mass.-The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association named Pierre Saint-Laurent as the new head of its Toronto-based chapter, to succeed Steve Kangas, who led the group for two years.
Mr. Saint-Laurent is the president of financial services consultancy AssetCounsel Inc. At CAIAA he is charged with increasing the...
AMHERST, MASS; November 5, 2007 - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association® today named Pierre Saint-Laurent head of its Canadian Chapter, succeeding Steve Kangas, who served in the position for the last two years. Mr. Saint-Laurent, who received his CAIA designation in 2004, will oversee the Toronto-based chapter,...
AMHERST, MASS, October 29, 2007 - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® (CAIAA), an independent, not-for-profit international organization that provides a charter program for professionals in alternative investments, will host an informational seminar in New York City on November 5 at Goldman Sachs, 180 Maiden Lane,...
A new partnership makes it clear: Blogging has become mainstream.
Editors of the popular web log AllAboutAlpha.com teamed up with the venerated Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts Association to offer CAIA members an opportunity to sound off. Members of the Amherst, Mass.-based accreditation body of the hedge fund industry can...
The popularity of careers in the alternative asset space - private equity, hedge funds and derivatives - is unlikely to wane despite current ructions triggered by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Yet there has been a lack of formal qualifications for such professionals.
Not-for-profit organisation the Chartered Alternative Investment...
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst/CAIA accreditation, sponsored jointly by AIMA and the University of Massachusetts' Centre for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, is a two-level program covering all investment areas outside the traditional long-only stock and bond arenas.
This includes hedge funds, private equity...
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) Opens Registration for March Level I and II Examinations
AMHERST, MASS, October 1, 2007 - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® (CAIAA), an independent, not-for-profit international organization that provides a charter program for professionals in alternative...
I was watching TV the other day and an advertisement came on for the
movie, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford".
The Jesse James character muses to a young, infatuated Robert Ford, "Do you want to be like me, or do you want to be me?"
This is what hedge funds must feel like with hedge fund
replication. ...
Private equity will continue to gain popularity, according to the latest results of a survey of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association membership.
The findings from the open-ended survey format showed that 22% of respondents said that they expected private equity to continue to attract institutional-class investors, and...
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) to Host Networking and Informational Events in London, Paris, Oct. 9 & 11
AMHERST, MASS, September 24, 2007 - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® (CAIAA), an independent, not-for-profit international organization that provides a charter program for...
Le nombre de candidats au diplôme d'analyste certifié en investissement alternatif, délivré par l'association CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst,) a enregistré une progression annuelle supérieure à 100% sur la zone Europe, d'où sont issus un tiers des candidats, Suisse et Royaume-Uni en tête.
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