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Liquidity, Leverage and Those Nimble Hedge Funds
The Q1 2015 issue of AIMA Journal, the issue that marks that association’s 25th anniversary, includes an…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
EDHEC: Smart Beta Indexes May Be On a Launch Pad
EDHEC-Risk Institute surveyed 222 European ETF investors and found a lot of support for some innovative…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation
Intraday Momentum Confirmed: Day Traders Credited
If a drunk is walking randomly around a lamppost, then the fact that his first step of the day was away from…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
More Global Mandates, Fewer EM Mandates, and Other Changes
The March 2015 report from Eurekahedge makes a point of how much the hedge fund world has changed since 2007…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Alpha, Love, and Marriage
Personal distractions lessen a manager’s ability to produce alpha. This is true of both happy and unhappy…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation
The Skorina Report: Divestment vs. Fiduciary Duty Whose Money is it?
What the divestment debate comes down to is how boards define their fiduciary duty. [Spoiler: We don't think…
State of the Industry, Risk Management
A Metaphorical Map that Proposes an Unbound Barbell
Okay, the metaphors trip over themselves somewhat in this report. Road maps, barbells, a bucket, and one…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Debates Over Bayesianism Take Cartoon Form
Has the sun just gone nova? If we’re unsure, should we contact a Bayesian or a frequentist? (Or a…
Risk Management
Financing For Knights in Shining, or in Sooty, Armor
What will the market for acquisition financing look like in another five years? I submit (as a best guess)…
Risk Management, Private Equity, Access to Alternatives
Explaining Why the Portfolio-Barbell Works
One classic (liability-driven) portfolio strategy, known for obvious reasons as the “barbell,” entails a lot…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Asset Allocation
The Quant Conundrum: Perfectly Repeatable or Repeatedly Imperfect?
By Diane Harrison The ongoing debate between friends and foes of quantitative strategies centers on which…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
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