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The Puerto Rican Debt Crisis: Some Highlights Thus Far
It has happened before. An insolvent public entity, whether a sovereign nation, state, county, or other, can’…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Where We Stand With Blockchains: Bet on the Disruption
Chris Skinner has a new book out, ValueWeb, which describes in the words of its lengthy subtitle “how FinTech…
State of the Industry, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
The Skorina Report: A Conversation with Sam Gallo, CIO, University System of Maryland Foundation
By Charles Skorina My friend Sam Gallo has just finished the two-year executive MBA program at the University…
State of the Industry
The ECB’s March Announcements:   Some Facts and Some Philosophy
On March 10, the European Central Bank announced an eagerly awaited new round of stimulus measures. This fell…
Asset Allocation
Weeden Suggests Half-a-Loaf for IEX
As regular readers know, AllAboutAlpha has been following the continuing controversy over IEX, the ATS…
Manager Selection
Proposed Reg AT: Comments Pile Up at the CFTC
The CFTC received a last-minute pile-up of comments on proposed rule 80 FR 78824, on automated trading. The…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
The Convertible Bond Trifecta
By Scott Henderson, CFA, CIMA®, CMFC, Calamos Investments Convertible securities have not been immune from…
Hedge Funds
Eurekahedge: From Latin America to Middle Earth 
The latest report from Eurekahedge tells us that hedge funds worldwide are down year-to-date through February…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Cross-Border Insolvencies: Defection Isn’t the Only Problem
A recent paper by Andrew Dawson, a law professor of the University of Miami, looks at the current cross-…
Asset Allocation
Swaps Accounting: FVA as a Flawed Convention
Leif Anderson, co-head of the global quant group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and two co-authors have…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Coming Up Short in 2016
January’s wild ride set the tone for a jittery year in market performance. While the first quarter of 2016…
Hedge Funds
Wrestling with the Bifurcation of Crude Oil Pricing
Platts, the provider of physicals and futures markets prices affiliated with McGraw Hill Financial, says that…
FCStone Financial on Grains and Volatility
A new white paper written by Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for INTL FCStone Financial,…
Asset Allocation
When an allocator calls: Best Practices for a CTA’s back office
By Dana Comolli, president, DMAXX LLC Every trader who has tried to raise money knows the drill from…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Gold Markets Get a Leap Day Surprise from India
According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Commitment of Trader’s Report, released Friday,…