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The Shale/Fracking Revolution: 1998 to 2011
A critical revolution in the crude oil and natural gas markets began 18 years ago. Gary Sernovitz, who has…
Risk-Adjusted Time Series Momentum Strategies
The name is awkwardly long, and the standard abbreviation, “RAMOM,” sounds like what one says when cheering…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
New Support for a 40-Year-Old Theory about IPOs
It is always aesthetically pleasing to see something elegant brought down from an attic, dusted off, and…
Asset Allocation
Sovereign Credit Swaps: Europe’s Sovereigns and Regime Changes
Andrea Consiglio and two of his colleagues have developed models for the management of risk in the sovereign…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Why are Bank Stress Tests like Student/Instructor Evaluations?
Two scholars affiliated with Columbia University have contributed to the ongoing discussion of Federal…
Risk Management
Crunch Time for the Harvard Endowment
By Charles Skorina The hunt is underway for a new CEO at the Harvard Management Company.  And…
State of the Industry
New Paper Tackles Basic Questions About Alternative Investments
RCM Alternatives, a Chicago-based asset manager specializing in managed futures products, has published a new…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
Active vs. Passive: A 3-Club Headwind
By Scott Opsal Relative Performance Actively managed funds have recently underperformed passive indexes. As a…
Asset Allocation, Manager Selection, State of the Industry
NB: China Positions the Yuan for Global Reserve Currency Status
Neuberger Berman, the asset management business spun off from Lehman in late 2008, has produced a new report…
Asset Allocation
5 Reasons Why Emerging Managers are Worth a Look
By Diane Harrison Beware the industry naysayers who proclaim hedge funds aren’t worth their salt--fees/risk/…
State of the Industry, Private Equity, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Study Says Pensions May Be Looking for Returns in the Wrong Places
Alex Beath, senior research analyst at CEM Benchmarking, the Toronto-based pension research firm, has…
Real Estate, Asset Allocation
Headline vs. Core Inflation: We Shouldn’t Have Laughed
I’m old enough to remember the 1970s, and to remember the economic debates in the United States at the time…
Hedge Funds
Waiting for Normalization: Issuing Convertibles
A moderate increase in the issuance of convertible bonds globally over the last three years came about only…
Hedge Funds
Stocks after Shocks: Equity Returns in the Face of Monetary Policy
A new paper by two economists affiliated with the Federal Reserve System presents a new measure of the…
Asset Allocation
Eurekahedge: Performance Down, Inflows Up in 1st Half 2016
The latest report from Eurekahedge indicates that hedge funds’ assets under management are up by $19.9…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation