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Stifling Debate on Classified Boards: Je Suis Charlie!
Here’s an old question. I’m sure you’ve heard it before. What are the consequences of alpha-seeking…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
The Danger of Indices
By Andrew Beer We’re surrounded by investment products that track indices. S&P index funds seek to…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Financing For Knights in Shining, or in Sooty, Armor
What will the market for acquisition financing look like in another five years? I submit (as a best guess)…
Risk Management, Private Equity, Access to Alternatives
Pension Funds as Alternative Investors Get Some Advice
The Alternative Investment Management Association and the CAIA Association have together published an…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Who Is Yanis Varoufakis? And Does it Matter?
According to his twitter account, Yanis Varoufakis has been “quietly writing obscure academic texts for years…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
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
Competing Bankruptcy Filings for Caesar’s: Third-Party Releases
On Monday, January 12th, second lien noteholders, notably including David Tepper’s hedge fund Appaloosa,…
Private Equity, Access to Alternatives
How Bad is the Cash Drag on Open-End Private Equity Real Estate Funds?
By Brad Case, Ph.D., CFA, CAIA More than 46 basis points per year on average. That’s a pretty hefty drag,…
Real Estate, Private Equity
Low Energy Prices: Crude and Refined Consequences
A recent statement by the energy minister of the UAE suggests ‘more of the same.’ Oil prices in early 2015…
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
ECB Beats SNB in race for the Bottom
It must be something in the water, or maybe in the chocolate. The Swiss National Bank shocked markets on…
Asset Allocation
The Quant Conundrum: Perfectly Repeatable or Repeatedly Imperfect?
By Diane Harrison The ongoing debate between friends and foes of quantitative strategies centers on which…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Swiss National Bank Abandons Its Commitment to Support the Euro
By John Brynjolfsson 1)      This morning's surprise announcement the Swiss National…
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
Let’s Hope Nothing Comes of Sprecher’s Grand Bargain
Jeff Sprecher and the Intercontinental Exchange [the man and the institution that purchased NYSE Euronext for…
Access to Alternatives