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Giving the Baron King of Lothbury his Due
The Bank of England is not only the central bank of the United Kingdom, in continuous operation since 1694;…
Asset Allocation
SLAM Wars: The Flow Awakens Ranking Asset-Manager Flows & Profits
By Charles A. Skorina As recruiters we work both sides of the investment-management street: serving for-…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection
Somebody Has to Crunch These Numbers: Infrastructure Cash Flow
EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore recently released a paper on the cash flow dynamics of private…
Infrastructure
The Case Against a Bearish Argument on Crude Oil
  A recent Bloomberg story indicates that in a world  awash in cheap crude oil, traders are now…
Consequences of the Paris Climate Agreement
In early December 2015, representatives of 196 parties met in Paris, France, to discuss climate change, and…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Puerto Rico and Bankruptcy
The bankruptcies of public bond-issuing entities, such as Orange County, Calif.; Jefferson County, Ala.; and…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Investors 'Misoverestimate' ETFs and a Push Towards ESG
In a newly released report, Natixis Global Asset Management speaks to the quite positive views of passive…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, ESG, Asset Allocation
Hedge Funds are Still Relevant in a Diversified Portfolio: 4 Fundamental Criteria for Superior Manager Selection
By Appomattox Advisory, Inc. The discussion has revived again:  are hedge funds still relevant in a…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
A Review of the Commodity Index/Global Hunger Controversy
The consensus in market scholarship seems to be not only that “still waters run deep” but that deep waters…
Risk Management, Asset Allocation
Best Practices for Private Equity Sponsors in an Age of Increasing Scrutiny
By John Czapla, Parag Patel and Shane Newell, Valuation Research Corporation As the demand for transparency…
Manager Selection, Private Equity, Risk Management
Tricky Times for Hedge Funds and a Lot of Negative YTD Performances
A slim majority of hedge fund managers are in the red year to date, through April, according to the latest…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Chasing Fund Returns Is A Terrible Idea
By Andrew Beer How does a fund earn over $500 million in management fees yet lose over $1 billion for…
Manager Selection
Platts Windows and Cash Settlements
The “Platts window,” a metaphorical structure named after the influential provider of benchmark price…
Credit Derivatives in China: A 2014 Presentation Recalled
The People’s Bank of China launched two seemingly important products in 2010: the Credit Risk Mitigation…
Risk Management
The Alberta Approach to Benchmarking & Performance Attribution
The Alberta Management Investment Corp. began life in 2008, as a successor to a division of Alberta Finance.…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation