http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/alphaswiss-group-to-harry-kat-not-so-fast/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/alphaswiss-group-to-harry-kat-not-so-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-579 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » Alternative Beta Conference Notebook Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:59:54 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/alphaswiss-group-to-harry-kat-not-so-fast/#comment-579 [...] Like Pawlowicz Maurus Bossi (see previous posting) has dedicated his life to uncovering new ways to invest. Bossi is CEO of AlphaSwiss, a Zurich-based firm specializing in non-traditional betas. He makes it quite clear that “alternative beta” refers to much more than just hedge fund replication. In fact, hedge fund replication is “just a special case” of alternative beta.  Many of his sources of alternative beta are derived from or delivered by long-only managers. Assembling these betas in a way that might replicate certain hedge fund strategies is just one way to use these betas. [...] [...] Like Pawlowicz Maurus Bossi (see previous posting) has dedicated his life to uncovering new ways to invest. Bossi is CEO of AlphaSwiss, a Zurich-based firm specializing in non-traditional betas. He makes it quite clear that “alternative beta” refers to much more than just hedge fund replication. In fact, hedge fund replication is “just a special case” of alternative beta.  Many of his sources of alternative beta are derived from or delivered by long-only managers. Assembling these betas in a way that might replicate certain hedge fund strategies is just one way to use these betas. [...]

]]> http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/alphaswiss-group-to-harry-kat-not-so-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-531 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » Hedge fund replication is “imitation crab meat” according to major hedge fund company Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:26:36 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/alphaswiss-group-to-harry-kat-not-so-fast/#comment-531 [...] AlphaSwiss Group to Harry Kat: Not So Fast… [...] [...] AlphaSwiss Group to Harry Kat: Not So Fast… [...]

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