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Prize to Sannikov: Scholar of Friction and Moral Hazard
The American Finance Association has awarded its 2015 Fischer Black Prize to Yuliy Sannikov, of the Princeton…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Explaining Why the Portfolio-Barbell Works
One classic (liability-driven) portfolio strategy, known for obvious reasons as the “barbell,” entails a lot…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
The title of this entry is a cliché, one either used or attributed to the wealthy uneducated at the expense…
State of the Industry, Risk Management
Top 10 Hedge Fund Trends for 2015
By Don Steinbrugge, CFA Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through its…
Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds, State of the Industry
Longevity Risk: Wary of Your 2015, and of Somebody Else’s Life Span?
Here’s a holiday season toast to our readers: may you live long enough to make life more difficult for an…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, ESG, Asset Allocation
Qatar and the QIA: When the SWF Is Also a Family Office
In recent days, two important pieces of information about the Qatar Investment Authority, the emirate’s…
State of the Industry
Aligning Interests: Side Pockets, Side Letters, and Central Issues
Three big issues concern the Alignment of Interests Association, a gathering of investors in alternative…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
The Top 0.004%: The Wealth-X Report
Wealth-X has released its World Ultra Wealth Report 2014, noting that though the world’s Ultra High Net Worth…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Investment Advisors, Investors and Beauty Contests
Wealth Management Unwrapped is Charlotte B. Beyer’s new book about how high-net-worth individuals ought to go…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Hedge vs. Mutual Funds and the 'Timing of Information Acquisition'
A recent paper by Nathan Swen, of the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, compares the “timing…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation
Liquidity Makers and Takers: A Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Economics, formally the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Footnote 13: Barclays Did ‘Change the Number’
The ongoing exchange of briefs between the New York Attorney General and Barclays in a lawsuit over the HFT…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Signs of a Renaissance in Emerging Manager 'Alpha'
By Peter Urbani The recent announcement by CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the world, that it was…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
What hath CalPERS Wrought? And Why?
CalPERS’ recent announcement that it will close down its hedge fund operation raises a range of obvious and…
State of the Industry
Looking at the Next Generation of Institutional Investing
By Andrew Beer Institutional hedge fund investing is entering a new era. Generation one entailed investing…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation