Valentine’s Special: Canada’s Secret Crush on Portable Alpha
| Feb 15th, 2007 | Filed under: Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation | By: Alpha Male |
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Alpha Male was a moderator and panelist last week at an alternative investment conference in the Great White North. One of the other speakers at the event was Lea Hansen, a Principal at consultant Greenwich Associates. Hansen is a highly respected member of the Canadian financial intelligentsia, once serving as President of the Toronto CFA Society, and also as a commissioner of the Ontario Securities Commission, Canada’s leading securities regulator.
Hansen presented the results of a study conducted by Greenwich Associates in various countries last year. The study involved interviews with 2,400 institution in the US, Canada, Britain, Continental Europe, and Japan. Most of the people in the conference room – including Alpha Male himself – were amazed to learn that Canadian pension plans harbour a deep secret: they actually love Portable Alpha.
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