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If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
The title of this entry is a cliché, one either used or attributed to the wealthy uneducated at the expense…
State of the Industry, Risk Management
Low-Vol Anomaly Provokes Reflections on an Old Adage
The “low-volatility anomaly” looms rather large in CAPM literature. A new paper suggests that it has a lot to…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds
Longevity Risk: Wary of Your 2015, and of Somebody Else’s Life Span?
Here’s a holiday season toast to our readers: may you live long enough to make life more difficult for an…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, ESG, Asset Allocation
The Best Offense is a Good Defense: Profiting from Hedging
This time of year one often encounters certain football-fans’ truisms. Sometimes one is told “the best…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
Wars and Failed Mergers Make for a Tricky October
The data provider and analyst Eurekahedge, in its latest report, says that hedge funds posted negative…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
Central Clearing and the Bank of England
A new Financial Stability Paper from the Bank of England offers some re-assurance about the adequacy of the ‘…
Risk Management
Hedge vs. Mutual Funds and the 'Timing of Information Acquisition'
A recent paper by Nathan Swen, of the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, compares the “timing…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation
A Merchant/Academic’s Thoughts about Customizing Risk Models
When does it make sense for an asset manager to customize its risk model? And why? There are, after all, a…
Risk Management
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
Custodians Helping Customers with Securities as Collateral
Sometimes the early material in a report is so boring that even us dedicated expositors can do nothing better…
Risk Management, Infrastructure
Vindicating Austrians: The New ESMA Warning on Risks
The European Securities and Markets Authority recently warned that valuation risks are on the rise on key…
Risk Management
Betting on Vice Doesn’t Really Pan Out
One venerable theory among alpha seekers is that one should bet on “vice,” that is, one ought to invest in…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, ESG, Asset Allocation
The Delusions a Boom Can Bring and the Perils of Chasing Hedge Fund Winners
It is an old and one-would-hope familiar lesson, but not for that reason an unnecessary one. We don’t take…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
How Not to Nationalize the Clearinghouses
Everybody loves the idea of the central clearing of derivatives. It’s like motherhood, transparency, and…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds
What is Right & What is Wrong With the Sharpe Ratio?
William Sharpe’s 1975 article, “Adjusting for Risk in Portfolio Performance Measurement,” applied Harry…
Risk Management