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	<title>AllAboutAlpha: Hedge Fund Trends &#38; Alternative Investment Analysis &#187; CAIA Alternative Viewpoints Columns</title>
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		<title>Alpha Schmalpha: It&#8217;s not just &#8216;Greek&#8217; to investors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/23/alpha-schmalpha-its-not-just-greek-to-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/23/alpha-schmalpha-its-not-just-greek-to-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's it all about, this alpha? And for that matter, where is it? Dr. Bob Swarup tackles the real meanings of alpha and beta.]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Hunter Bob Swarup: A World of Wobbling Dominoes</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/31/alpha-hunter-bob-swarup-a-world-of-wobbling-dominoes/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/31/alpha-hunter-bob-swarup-a-world-of-wobbling-dominoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Bob Swarup, of CAIA, and a Partner of Pension Corporation LLP, in London, was the keynote speaker at the Emerging Managers Forum on July 7.  He presented “The Outlook for Alternatives in Today’s Economic Environment.”]]></description>
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		<title>Film, Music, Fashion and Light Shows / Movie Stars Wanted, Nerds Need Apply</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/16/battle-of-the-quants-%e2%80%93-film-music-fashion-and-light-shows-movie-stars-wanted-nerds-need-apply/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/16/battle-of-the-quants-%e2%80%93-film-music-fashion-and-light-shows-movie-stars-wanted-nerds-need-apply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hamlin Lovell reports from The Battle of the Quants 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>The performance of hedge funds in different VIX &#8220;states&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/20/the-performance-of-hedge-funds-in-different-vix-states/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/20/the-performance-of-hedge-funds-in-different-vix-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do hedge funds like chaos?  Some do and some don't according to our guest author today.]]></description>
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		<title>European Fund Regulations: Fad or new de facto global standard?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/31/european-fund-regulations-fad-or-new-de-facto-global-standard/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/31/european-fund-regulations-fad-or-new-de-facto-global-standard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a lot of surveys on Europe's latest fashion trend: UCITSIII.  Today, a guest author reports on some actual hard data on the topic.  ]]></description>
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		<title>What NASCAR Can Teach Us About Return Persistence</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/28/what-nascar-can-teach-us-about-return-persistence/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/28/what-nascar-can-teach-us-about-return-persistence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the very least, NASCAR and Formula One share two things in common with the alternative asset management industry...]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Faces of Alpha (II): &#8220;True&#8221; alpha reveals itself</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/07/the-five-faces-of-alpha-ii-true-alpha-reveals-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/07/the-five-faces-of-alpha-ii-true-alpha-reveals-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we bring you part 2 of Erik Einertson&#8217;s special to AllAboutAlpha.com &#8220;The Five face of Alpha&#8221;  (first installment here)&#8230;
Alpha #2: Insurance Beta
The second type of “Alpha” often found in the market can be referred to as insurance beta or Informationless Investing (Weisman 2002). This type of exposure has persistent tilts towards strategies that have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Five Faces of Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/06/the-five-faces-of-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/06/the-five-faces-of-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we have noted over the past several years, alpha is notoriously difficult to define and isolate since its existence depends not only on the target being observed, but on the perspective of its observer.  The more we study alpha, it seems, the less we know about it.
We are reminded of this irony by today&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Due to funds’ lack of persistence, the Sharpe ratio has no validity as an investment decision tool</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/29/alternative-viewpoints-due-to-funds%e2%80%99-lack-of-persistence-the-sharpe-ratio-has-no-validity-as-an-investment-decision-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/29/alternative-viewpoints-due-to-funds%e2%80%99-lack-of-persistence-the-sharpe-ratio-has-no-validity-as-an-investment-decision-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been many studies on hedge fund manager return “persistence”.  Persistence, after all, is a necessary precondition for the existence of alpha.  Like alpha itself, you might expect that the persistence of a good Sharpe ratio may be possible in less mature (more informationally inefficient) markets.  But a new study by Siewling Lay, CAIA, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Using the Modified Sharpe &amp; Information Ratios</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/02/alternative-viewpoints-using-the-modified-sharpe-information-ratios/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/02/alternative-viewpoints-using-the-modified-sharpe-information-ratios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this month's "Alternative Viewpoints" column, BNY Mellon's Neil Kotecha explains one of the reasons why the Sharpe Ratio isn't so sharp after all.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: When it comes to transparency, institutional investors are being treated as &#8220;second class citizens&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/23/guest-column-when-it-comes-to-transparency-institutional-investors-are-being-treated-as-second-class-citizens/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/23/guest-column-when-it-comes-to-transparency-institutional-investors-are-being-treated-as-second-class-citizens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Steve Deutsch of Morningstar says that despite all the talk of "transparency", the micro-economics of the institutional investment industry often prevent the message from getting through.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/23/guest-column-when-it-comes-to-transparency-institutional-investors-are-being-treated-as-second-class-citizens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: The Ascendancy of Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-ascendancy-of-risk-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-ascendancy-of-risk-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As GAIM Ops comes to a close, Abdul Sheikh, CAIA, of State Street argues that independent fund administration is now a no brainer.   ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Monetizing hedge fund transparency</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/monetizing-hedge-fund-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/monetizing-hedge-fund-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What would life be like with full hedge fund transparency?  For clues, you needn't look much further than the US requirement to submit "13F" filings.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Alternative Investments in India &#8211; Regulatory easing, growth in private equity, and new real estate opportunities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indian economy has been in the news a lot recently.  But what about alternative investments in the sub-continent?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Survivors to Benefit from &#8220;Hedge Fund Industry Life Cycle&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/04/survivors-to-benefit-from-hedge-fund-industry-life-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/04/survivors-to-benefit-from-hedge-fund-industry-life-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Tommaso Sanzin, CAIA says that the natural ebbs and (asset) flows of the hedge fund industry will yield more untapped opportunities and fewer unskilled managers. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/04/survivors-to-benefit-from-hedge-fund-industry-life-cycle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: A &#8220;Golden Age&#8221; of higher returns, new managers &amp; smaller funds on its way</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/douglas-issues-bold-hf-forecast-golden-age-of-higher-returns-new-managers-smaller-funds-on-its-way/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/douglas-issues-bold-hf-forecast-golden-age-of-higher-returns-new-managers-smaller-funds-on-its-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Douglas, the widely-quoted hedge fund consultant and manager, forecasts golden times ahead for the hedge fund industry - at least, for those who survive.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/douglas-issues-bold-hf-forecast-golden-age-of-higher-returns-new-managers-smaller-funds-on-its-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: When the &#8220;100 year flood&#8221; really is a 100 year flood&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/02/catastrophe-bonds-when-the-100-year-flood-really-is-a-100-year-flood/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/02/catastrophe-bonds-when-the-100-year-flood-really-is-a-100-year-flood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the insurance industry in enough trouble as it is, are "cat-bonds" the way forward?]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Pension buyouts can make the bailout plan look small</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/05/comment-pension-buyouts-make-the-bailout-plan-look-small/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/05/comment-pension-buyouts-make-the-bailout-plan-look-small/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite complaints about Henry Paulson, Alan Greenspan, and Ben Bernanke, the real problems in today's financial system began with German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/05/comment-pension-buyouts-make-the-bailout-plan-look-small/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Higher Moment&#8221; Betas</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/26/alternative-viewpoints-higher-moment-betas/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/26/alternative-viewpoints-higher-moment-betas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought beta was a pretty down-to-earth concept?  That's what we thought too...]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Commodities not about &#8220;buy and hold&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/29/alternative-viewpoints-commodities-not-about-buy-and-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is little doubt that commodities are hot.  But as Keith Black, CAIA, argues: investors must move well beyond simple "buy and hold" strategies.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Raining on the weather/return correlation parade</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/29/academic-rains-on-weatherreturn-correlation-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/29/academic-rains-on-weatherreturn-correlation-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've all heard the old adage "Sell in May and go away".  One academic determines if the weather is the source of this apparent market anomaly.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Survey of hedge fund professionals finds 130/30 &#8220;minor discussion within larger context&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/04/survey-of-hedge-fund-professionals-13030-minor-discussion-within-larger-context/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/04/survey-of-hedge-fund-professionals-13030-minor-discussion-within-larger-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several surveys have probed investors and managers about 130/30.  But a new poll of nearly 500 alternative investment professionals contains some new insights. ]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Sustainable Hedge Fund Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/31/alternative-viewpoints-sustainable-hedge-fund-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/31/alternative-viewpoints-sustainable-hedge-fund-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying persistent returns can be done with the naked eye.  But identifying persistent alpha?  That's a different ball game according one researcher. ]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: &#8220;Liquidity Insurance&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/03/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/03/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's "Alternative Viewpoints...powered by CAIA" Konstantin Danilov proposes a new type of security that might address the illiquidity risks inherent in individual positions.]]></description>
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		<title>Replication de fonds de couverture</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/04/alternative-viewpoints-replication-de-fonds-de-couverture/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/04/alternative-viewpoints-replication-de-fonds-de-couverture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Saint-Laurent, head of the Canadian Chapter of the CAIA Association tells us why his hometown of Montreal seems to always be punching above its weight. ]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: 130/30 &#8220;not monolithic&#8221; but does represent a &#8220;convergence&#8221; in money management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/01/morningstars-deutsch-13030-not-monolithic-but-does-represent-a-convergence-in-money-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/01/morningstars-deutsch-13030-not-monolithic-but-does-represent-a-convergence-in-money-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morningstar's Steve Deutsch has a bird's-eye view of the burgeoning 1X0/X0 field.  Today, he shares this perspective, concluding that money managers are stealing a page from the telecom playbook.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: &#8220;Liquidity Alpha&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/27/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/27/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If illiquidity demands fair compensation and hedge funds are relatively illiquid, does it follow that some of what might look like "hedge fund alpha" is really just an illiquidity premium? ]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Being like Jesse James</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/30/alternative-viewpoints-being-like-jesse-james/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/30/alternative-viewpoints-being-like-jesse-james/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIA Association member, Ryan Teal, says hedge funds ought to take inspiration from Jesse James when addressing hedge fund replication, "Do you want to be LIKE me?  Or do you want to BE me?"]]></description>
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