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Where do chief investment officers come from?
By Charles Skorina Every year there are about 50 to 100 US nonprofit (tax-exempt) and family office CIO…
State of the Industry
What Makes Big Data So … Big?
The term “big data” has become a cliché. One has to remind one's self that it is a somewhat ill-fitting label…
Asset Allocation
Central Europe as seen by private equity managers
Deloitte has recently posted the results of its survey of how private equity managers see central Europe. A…
Private Equity
Trust But Clarify
By Bill Kelly, CAIA Association CEO What’s going on here? Wasn’t it just a few short weeks ago that the SEC…
Educational Alpha
The Quants, the Algorithms, and the Performance
A new paper by J.B. Heaton, forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Transformation, offers a skeptical view…
Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds, Manager Selection
Reducing Dependence on (L)IBOR
A creation of the mid-1980s, the London Interbank Offered rate (LIBOR) became immensely influential over the…
Risk Management, Asset Allocation
SCOTUS Decision Regarding Distressed Assets, Safe Harbors & Clawbacks
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Merit Management v. FTI Consulting may prove important to distressed asset…
Asset Allocation
Does Strong Economic Growth Equate to High Factor Returns?
By Nicolas Rabener, CAIA, Factor Research EQUITY FACTORS & REAL GDP GROWTH Summary: Economic cycles…
State of the Industry
Irrational Dissonance
By Bill Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association Friday was March 9 and not a lot of discussion was had about the infamy…
Educational Alpha
The Tipping Point for Alternative Data
The Deloitte Center for Financial Services has put out a white paper on “Alternative data for investment…
Manager Selection, State of the Industry
Preqin on the PE Outlook
Preqin has issued a report on the near term outlook for private equity based on a recent (November 2017)…
State of the Industry, Private Equity
Robeco Researcher on Factor Premiums and ETFs
David Blitz has recently discussed the concern in some quarters that factor premiums may disappear as they…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Whether Vol is High or Low, Gamma Trading Can Exploit Opportunity
By Alternatives Team at Calamos Investments In 2018, volatility kicked into high gear. So far, there have…
Hedge Funds
The Year of the (Sleeping) Dog
By Bill Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association Welcome to Washington Chairman Powell… All eyes were on his inaugural…
Educational Alpha
Whence Corporate Social Responsibility?
A new scholarly paper, forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics, delves into the question whether…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, ESG