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The Skorina Report: Exodus From The Stanford Endowment
Robert F. Wallace, the new head of Stanford Management Company, has been aggressively culling his staff…
State of the Industry
AIMA Issues Guide for Liquid Alternative Funds
The Alternative Investment Management Association has issued a new guide concerning the development and…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Looking a 'Gift' Horse in the Mouth: The Latest on Section 363
L. John Bird, a lawyer with Fox Rothschild LLP in Wilmington, Delaware, and a prolific blogger, writes that…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
The End of the Oil Major?
By James Stafford A new report finds that the largest oil companies are set to cut spending on exploration by…
Asset Allocation
Accounting for the Unreported Dead: A Matter of Opinion
Okay, the “unreported dead” aren’t as exciting as the undead, and this decision will never form the basis of…
Access to Alternatives
Is it my imagination, or is the U.S. SEC cracking down on fund managers? (Video)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been in the news a lot lately--cracking on down on hedge…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
An Official Keynesian Reading of Cap Inflows and Emerging Markets
What is the consequence of an influx of capital upon the economy of an emerging-market nation? With the usual…
Asset Allocation
How Robust is a Smart Beta Strategy?
Noël Amenc, finance professor at EDHEC Risk Institute, and two colleagues have written about the robustness…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Ben Carson Says Something Odd about Money
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has what one might charitably call an idiosyncratic…
State of the Industry
Merger Arb: News from Delaware’s Chancery Court
Delaware’s Chancery Court seems to be acting in effective (if unconscious) alliance with the federal courts…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
The Ups & Downs of Alternative Investing.
By Diane Harrison Advisers are gearing up for year-end allocation reviews with clients, and once again,…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Is the FTC loosening its choke-hold on the mergers?
The winds of time are blowing against the Federal Trade Commission. In recent decades, its mere dixit has…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Time-series Momentum: Venerability, Vulnerability and Scholarship
Time-series momentum is a very venerable strategy, especially in the commodities world.  By virtue of a…
Asset Allocation
For Practitioners of Risk Parity: Don’t Panic
I’ve written about risk parity here before. Cliff Asness has kindly given me a chance to do so again, with a…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
New Route for China’s Investors to the Rest of World
Kenny Lam explains the Qingdao Pilot Operation in the latest (Q3 2015) issue of the AIMA Journal. All the…
Asset Allocation