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Not Your Grandfather’s Market: The Evolution of Liquid Alternatives
By Andrew Smith, CAIA Liquid alternative investments have exploded over the past decade. Post 2007-2009…
Access to Alternatives, Asset Allocation
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
Old-Line Oil and Coal are Techno and Exciting These Days
Uncorrelated LLC has created the Investment LAB (an acronym from “Learn, Apply, Brainstorm”), an initiative…
Private Equity, ESG
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
Key Alpha-Oriented Law Firms Merging
Bingham McCutchen LLP, a law firm with fourteen offices around the globe and a substantial hedge fund…
Private Equity, Asset Allocation
Self-Employment Tax – Limited Partners Beware!
By Maury Cartine, CPA, JD, Partner in Charge of Alternative Investment Group Tax, Marcum, LLP The IRS…
Manager Selection
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
Top 5 Ramifications of CalPERS' Hedge Fund Exodus
By Don Steinbrugge   CalPERS’ announcement to divest of hedge funds has created a significant buzz in…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Celent Reports on Equity Crowdfunding
Though Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act legalized equity crowdfunding, final regulations…
Private Equity, Access to Alternatives
Hong Kong Shariah-Compliant Launch Sells
Hong Kong launched its first ever Islamic bond September 10. The issuance was a sukuk bond which, again, is…
Asset Allocation
The Skorina Report: Another try at herding Gotham's five-headed fund
By Charles Skorina In July, Scott Evans reported for duty as Chief Investment Officer in New York City's…
State of the Industry
Metamorphosis in HFT: Update with Brad Katsuyama of IEX, Central Figure in 'Flash Boys'
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Exemptions and Pools: CFTC Harmonizes with the JOBS Act
The CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight has issued an exemptive letter with regard to…
Hedge Funds
Is Liability Insurance an Estate Asset in Bankruptcy?
A recurrent issue in corporate bankruptcies may have entered the alternative-investment world’s consciousness…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Burr XII, Extreme Value, and a Fantasy
“They used a Burr XII extreme value distribution?” “Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard.” “What the heck is that?” “…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation