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Understanding of the “Markowitz problem” has changed in the 60+ years since Harry Markowitz’ publication of…
Risk Management, Asset Allocation
A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago looks at the real risk-free interest rate over…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
Those who pursue alpha through the highways and byways of mergers are surely paying close attention to the AT…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
By Bill Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association “You can look it up” was a quote often attributed to the late…
Educational Alpha
A new article by Dave Dowsett and Heather Wied, both of Invesco, looks at blockchains and the way this new…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
A new study of hedge funds that are engaged in the venture capital space, written by George O. Aragon, Emma…
State of the Industry, Private Equity, Private Debt, Hedge Funds
By Bill Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association About a year ago I wrote a single contributed piece entitled What…
Educational Alpha
A new paper by Ilias Filippou and two other scholars looks at ETF arbitrage. This is a trading strategy that…
State of the Industry, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Five stories stand out as the dominant stories for and about pursuers of alpha in the year just passed. There…
State of the Industry, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
I write these words soon after reading the news from Sundra Strait, Indonesia. In recent days, the eruption…
Emerging Asset Classes, Risk Management, State of the Industry
By Diane Harrison Before setting resolutions for 2019, December provides managers and investors with a good…
State of the Industry
European hedge fund managers continue to suffer from the uncertainties of the United Kingdom’s impending exit…
Hedge Funds, State of the Industry
It was just about 10 years ago (Dec. 10, 2008) that Bernie Madoff acknowledged to his sons, Mark and Andrew,…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
By Charles Skorina Chief investment officers at endowments, foundations, and family offices are the top guns…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection
A recent article in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management  takes a fresh look at a familiar issue…
Manager Selection, Risk Management, State of the Industry