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	<title>AllAboutAlpha: Hedge Fund Trends &#38; Alternative Investment Analysis &#187; Institutional Investing</title>
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		<title>Considering a Duty to Hedge</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/30/considering-a-duty-to-hedge/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/30/considering-a-duty-to-hedge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERISA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiduciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institutional investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hartford (CT) CFA Society recently hosted a workshop on “Pension Risk Management and Governance.” The discussion proved to be mostly, though not exclusively, about ERISA and about how plan sponsors may arm themselves against the sorts of litigation it may inspire.
Moderator Martin Rosenburgh, who is both an attorney and a financial analyst, and currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEI: Hedge Funds May Draw the Lightning on Themselves</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/24/sei-hedge-funds-may-draw-the-lightning-on-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/24/sei-hedge-funds-may-draw-the-lightning-on-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absolute return]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenwich Associates]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The SEI asked institutional investors in hedge funds what was the number one reason for their inclusion of such funds in their portfolio. The most popular single choice was "absolute return." On the other hand, if you combine the numbers of the distinct answers that involve limiting the downside, then the percentage of respondents who gave some risk-management focused answer is 56 percent. As SEI says, this is "a marked cultural shift from the early days of hedge funds, when many investors focused on their potential to produce outsided returns." ]]></description>
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		<title>Merlin on Investor Due Diligence: Counting By Threes</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/17/merlin-on-investor-due-diligence-counting-by-threes/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/17/merlin-on-investor-due-diligence-counting-by-threes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-net-worth investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[due diligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First, an investor (according to a new white paper on due diligence from Merlin Securities) must decide what kind of strategy it is to which he wants exposure, and generate a list of managers who practice that strategy. Thereafter he can focus on each firm on that list looking at each of the three (qualitative) components of management, and subjecting his impressions to a variety of (quantitative) tests. Tripartite divisions seem to come into play a lot.  
 ]]></description>
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		<title>Currency: In and Out of Style</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/12/12/currency-in-and-out-of-style/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/12/12/currency-in-and-out-of-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Currencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodiites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forex]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial crises always turn up new risks – and new opportunities. Famously, George Soros bet against the Bank of England during a fiscally challenged time in the early 1990s and pocketed a billion and change for his troubles. Was that a spectacular guess in a geopolitical game of chicken, or was it true alpha? We don't know, because we don't have the data. Currencies didn't much matter then; they do now.]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections as Kugel Pleads Guilty in Madoff Fraud</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/12/07/reflections-as-kugel-pleads-guilty-in-madoff-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/12/07/reflections-as-kugel-pleads-guilty-in-madoff-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High-net-worth investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi scheme]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We near the third anniversary of the day (December 10, 2008) when the two sons of Bernard Lawrence Madoff informed authorities that their father had just admitted to them that his asset management operation was “one big lie.” One of those sons, Mark Madoff, killed himself one year and one day later. The dimensions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mean Reversion and Momentum Both Unreliable in Asia</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/29/mean-reversion-and-momentum-both-unreliable-in-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/29/mean-reversion-and-momentum-both-unreliable-in-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asian hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian investing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GFIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global macro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mean reversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[momentum trading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amongst equity long-short funds, which constitute about half of the Asian hedge fund universe, the returns of hedge funds “were sometimes mean reverting but at other times displayed persistence in positive/negative momentum.” That is to say that sometimes a coin that has come up heads three times will come up tails the fourth time, but at other times it will persist in coming up heads the fourth time.]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble with Liquidity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/28/the-trouble-with-liquidity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/28/the-trouble-with-liquidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bswarup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[central banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illiquidity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The true opportunities now lie in taking illiquidity. The panic – for there is no other word to describe this behaviour – today presents those who can afford to have a longer-term investment horizon with a unique time arbitrage.]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds with Asian Strategies Now Managed From … Asian Cities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/22/hedge-funds-with-asian-strategies-now-managed-from-%e2%80%a6-asian-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/22/hedge-funds-with-asian-strategies-now-managed-from-%e2%80%a6-asian-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asiahedge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurekahedge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GFIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leverage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hedge fund industry that invests in Asia is increasingly run from within the region, especially from the two hub cities of Hong Kong and Singapore, according to an August 2011 report by Singapore based consult
In the early days of the Asian hedge fund industry, Asian strategies were quite generally run from outside of Asia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Fund Distribution: Beyond UCITS</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/21/asian-fund-distribution-beyond-ucits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/21/asian-fund-distribution-beyond-ucits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[active management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernsy & Young]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world is a fairly small pond in which ripples anywhere soon shake the surface everywhere. Such an observation, like the word “globalization,” has become a cliché, but the truth behind them both becomes quite obvious in the course of a new “Viewpoint” paper by Ernst &#38; Young that examines fund distribution strategies in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Derman: Why All Models Are Toys</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/10/derman-why-all-models-are-toys/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/10/derman-why-all-models-are-toys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emanuel Derman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring alpha]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In general, this is what models are, “metaphors that compare the object of their attention to something else that it resembles.” This makes them inherently different from theories, which stand on their own feet and describe the world as it is. Economics doesn’t have theories, at best it has models. Consider the word “liquidity,” which I used above and which figures in a lot of economic models. This is obviously a metaphor, and its non-literal character has consequences. In finance, Derman says, everybody “thinks he knows what liquidity means, yet no one has adequately defined and quantified it.”]]></description>
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		<title>Who has the money? Show me the money! Give me the money!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/09/who-has-the-money-show-me-the-money-give-me-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/09/who-has-the-money-show-me-the-money-give-me-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[commercial real estate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In spite of a difficult fundraising climate, there are some positive things about the current real estate investing environment. Like Scarlett O'Hara, institutional investors seem to think that "land is the only thing that matters."]]></description>
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		<title>What Hedge Fund Investors Want, Hedge Fund Investors Get</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/06/what-hedge-fund-investors-want-hedge-fund-investors-get/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/06/what-hedge-fund-investors-want-hedge-fund-investors-get/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In spite of sketchy performance from some top managers, institutional investors remain committed to hedge funds and a large number are shopping for new relationships in 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>CSAM: The Emerging Market Nations Have Some ‘Bullets Left’</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/16/csam-the-emerging-market-nations-have-some-%e2%80%98bullets-left%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/16/csam-the-emerging-market-nations-have-some-%e2%80%98bullets-left%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Faille
One of the great clichés used by reporters, commenters, bloggers and twitterers in recent months has been that the central bankers of the developed world, and/or their Treasuries, have “run out of bullets.” They have “spent all their ammunition” seeking stimulus already and will have nothing in reserve should there be another serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nouriel Roubini to World:  Probably We&#8217;re F****d.   The Good News: Maybe Not ALL of Us, Only the Folks in Really Developed Economies</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/10/nouriel-roubini-to-world-probably-were-fd-the-good-news-maybe-not-all-of-us-only-the-folks-in-really-developed-economies/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/10/nouriel-roubini-to-world-probably-were-fd-the-good-news-maybe-not-all-of-us-only-the-folks-in-really-developed-economies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dfriedenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Friedenberg
We attended a recent meeting put on by Pershing for their prime brokerage clients at which Nouriel Roubini spoke about the near-term prospects for your favorite world, Earth, from an economic point of view.   On a positive note, no large asteroids are currently headed our way, although another prominent economist, Paul Krugman, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Survey Concludes Finding Alpha Is Difficult</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/05/new-survey-concludes-finding-alpha-is-difficult/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/05/new-survey-concludes-finding-alpha-is-difficult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The second in a three-part series on private equity from SEI shows that alpha is a bit slippery these days.]]></description>
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		<title>Memo To Pension Managers: Help Is On The Way!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/20/memo-to-pension-managers-help-is-on-the-way/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/20/memo-to-pension-managers-help-is-on-the-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New research from the Managed Funds Association looks at the state of the pension fund industry and examines the role that hedge funds can play in order to improve institutional investors' positions.]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Hunter: Ion&#8217;s Lohfert on Systematic Trading</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/19/alpha-hunter-ions-lohfert-on-systematic-trading/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/19/alpha-hunter-ions-lohfert-on-systematic-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algorithmic and high-frequency trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Hunters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Lohfert, founder of Ion Asset Architecture, discusses quantitative trading strategies and how they are affected by current market conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Hunter: Jim O&#8217;Neill, GSAMs Man of BRICs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/15/alpha-hunter-jim-oneill-gsams-man-of-brics/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/15/alpha-hunter-jim-oneill-gsams-man-of-brics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vshah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Hunters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Building with BRICs, an interview with Jim O'Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/15/alpha-hunter-jim-oneill-gsams-man-of-brics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Funds of Hedge Funds and Marketplace Selection</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/12/funds-of-hedge-funds-and-marketplace-selection/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/12/funds-of-hedge-funds-and-marketplace-selection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The nature of funds of hedge funds, their scale and, more specifically, the added value they offer to their investors have all evolved over time, and will continue to evolve.
In an interview, Brian W. Chung, senior vice president,senior portfolio manager for SSARIS Advisors, a Hedge Funds of Funds affiliate of State Street Global Advisors, spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secrets of High Frequency Trading</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/06/the-secrets-of-high-frequency-trading/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/06/the-secrets-of-high-frequency-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vshah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algorithmic and high-frequency trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AllAboutAlpha.com interviewed Arzhang Kamarei, a partner at Tradeworx, a quantitative investment management firm with expertise in high-frequency and medium-frequency equity market-neutral strategies.]]></description>
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		<title>Dressing your pension fund: One leg at a time</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/05/dressing-your-pension-fund-one-leg-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/05/dressing-your-pension-fund-one-leg-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liability Driven Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just like the rest of us, those who run pension funds put their pants on in the morning one leg at a time. And just like the rest of us, after balking at alternatives post-2008, a growing number are gaining more confidence in them as a way to fulfill their mandates.]]></description>
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		<title>What the Dickens Do Investors Want?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/01/what-the-dickens-do-investors-want/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/01/what-the-dickens-do-investors-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High-net-worth investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Institutional investors have great expectations for private equity, and the right fund managers, willing to meet their “increasingly exacting standards,” will be in a position to  listen to “capture part of the  growing flow of assets” in that direction.]]></description>
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		<title>Not All Children Are Above Average</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/22/not-all-children-are-above-average/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/22/not-all-children-are-above-average/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If everyone is the best, then no one is the best. A look at private equity performance.]]></description>
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		<title>Sibling Rivals: CAPM versus The Risk Parity Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/16/sibling-rivals-capm-versus-the-risk-parity-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/16/sibling-rivals-capm-versus-the-risk-parity-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Faille
A presentation by Samuel Kunz, chief investment officer of the Policeman’s Annuity and Benefit Fund, Chicago, to the CFA Institute 2011 Asset and Risk Allocation conference addressed the pros and cons of “risk parity.”  His presentation makes it seem that risk-parity portfolios (RPP) and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) are sibling rivals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Hunter Krishna Menani: The Opportunities and Risks in Bond Markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/11/alpha-hunter-krishna-menani-the-opportunities-and-risks-in-bond-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/11/alpha-hunter-krishna-menani-the-opportunities-and-risks-in-bond-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vshah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In any economic system, the fixed-income market plays an essential role as one of the principal ways of financing enterprise (be it corporate or sovereign).  Research shows that at the end of 2010, the global bond market had amounts outstanding of over US$95 trillion (to put that in context, the World Bank reported the total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 800-pound Hedge Fund Gorilla Might Have a Monkey on its Back</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/26/the-800-pound-hedge-fund-gorilla-might-have-a-monkey-on-its-back/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/26/the-800-pound-hedge-fund-gorilla-might-have-a-monkey-on-its-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund assets have bounced back from 2008 to make a new high above two trillion and many performance measures have also more than recovered their losses. Yet it seems most of the inflows are being hogged by the Billionaire's Club, despite studies shouting "Small is Beautiful."]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds and institutional investors have kissed and made up &#8211; for now</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/24/hedge-funds-and-institutional-investors-have-kissed-and-made-up-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/24/hedge-funds-and-institutional-investors-have-kissed-and-made-up-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge funds and institutional investors have kissed and made up, according to JPMorgan Prime Brokerage's latest investor sentiment report. Is the relationship really back on track, or are hedge funds just playing the good wife?]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Hunter John Brynjolfsson: The Hidden Risks of Inflation</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/21/alpha-hunter-john-brynjolfsson-the-hidden-risks-of-inflation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/21/alpha-hunter-john-brynjolfsson-the-hidden-risks-of-inflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vshah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Hunters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Mutual Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editor's Pick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first of a new series called "Alpha Hunters." The nimble qualities of alternative investments is part of what makes them essential to every investor's portfolio. They can move quickly to take advantage of market inefficiencies and go where other more traditional investment vehicles cannot. 

It is in the spirit of seeking the ever-moving alpha that we introduce this series, reaching out to experts in different strategies to see where they are finding alpha.

We hope you find this series illuminating and please feel free to send suggestions for Alpha Hunters you'd like to read about.

Kristin Fox
Managing Editor]]></description>
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		<title>Quant Funds: Model Risk and Error Disclosure Missing From Many Radar Screens</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/19/quant-funds-model-risk-and-error-disclosure-missing-from-many-radar-screens/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/19/quant-funds-model-risk-and-error-disclosure-missing-from-many-radar-screens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A CMRA/IAFE study of the AXA Rosenberg case shows that model risk may not be on the radar screens of many quant funds.]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows alternative investments are a hard way to make an easy living</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/14/study-shows-alternative-investments-are-a-hard-way-to-make-an-easy-living/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/14/study-shows-alternative-investments-are-a-hard-way-to-make-an-easy-living/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Institutions continue to favor alternatives as they remain committed to diversifying away from traditional asset classes. The problem, according to Towers Watson's latest survey, is that they aren't necessarily sold on hedge funds, and they certainly aren't thrilled with the price point.]]></description>
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		<title>What the wealthy want &#8212; and it&#8217;s not &#8220;synergy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/13/what-the-wealthy-want-and-its-not-synergy/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/13/what-the-wealthy-want-and-its-not-synergy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High-net-worth investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clients, according to a surprising new report, aren't too keen on alpha at the moment.]]></description>
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		<title>Meanwhile, down on the farm&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/12/meanwhile-down-on-the-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/12/meanwhile-down-on-the-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct investing in hedge funds is currently all the rage among pensions and sovereign wealth funds. But cutting out the middle man, or the expert, can come with a price.]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds &#8211; not the newest new thing in terms of innovation</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/11/hedge-funds-not-the-newest-new-thing-in-terms-of-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/11/hedge-funds-not-the-newest-new-thing-in-terms-of-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CREATE-Research's annual report takes a closer look at innovation, and how a lack of has prompted institutional investors to wise up when it comes to alternative investments. We beg to differ. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/11/hedge-funds-not-the-newest-new-thing-in-terms-of-innovation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sunrise, sunset or sunrise redux for private equity?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/10/sunrise-sunset-or-sunrise-redux-for-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/10/sunrise-sunset-or-sunrise-redux-for-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent report on the private equity landscape paints a less-optimistic picture of where private equity is headed two-plus years after the financial crisis. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/10/sunrise-sunset-or-sunrise-redux-for-private-equity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Alternatives Expert Viewpoint on Alternative Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/29/an-alternatives-expert-viewpoint-on-alternative-alternatives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/29/an-alternatives-expert-viewpoint-on-alternative-alternatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tongue- and portfolio-tied investors are looking for alternatives for their alternatives in order to achieve non-correlation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/29/an-alternatives-expert-viewpoint-on-alternative-alternatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Risks and Opportunities of Unforeseen &#8216;Black swan&#8217; Market Events</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/27/the-risks-and-opportunities-of-unforeseen-black-swan-market-events/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/27/the-risks-and-opportunities-of-unforeseen-black-swan-market-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vshah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22007</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vikas Shah discusses the "left tail" with Mark Spitznagel, founder and CIO of Universa Investments.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/27/the-risks-and-opportunities-of-unforeseen-black-swan-market-events/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, Won&#8217;t You Please Provide a Return for Me</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/26/oh-mr-sun-sun-mr-golden-sun-wont-you-please-provide-a-return-for-me/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/26/oh-mr-sun-sun-mr-golden-sun-wont-you-please-provide-a-return-for-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate change-focused investment opportunities are increasingly popular among institutions and asset managers. The question is whether they will yield results. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/26/oh-mr-sun-sun-mr-golden-sun-wont-you-please-provide-a-return-for-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Full-body scans&#8211;not just for airports anymore</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/20/full-body-scans-not-just-at-at-the-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/20/full-body-scans-not-just-at-at-the-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Preqin's latest report overwhelmingly confirms that transparency is here to stay for hedge fund managers vying for institutional capital. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/20/full-body-scans-not-just-at-at-the-airport/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What institutional hedge fund investors really want</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/19/what-institutional-hedge-fund-investors-really-want/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/19/what-institutional-hedge-fund-investors-really-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report on the needs of institutional hedge fund investors amounts to a manifesto for reform among the world's hedge fund managers.   ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/19/what-institutional-hedge-fund-investors-really-want/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learning to swim in alpha-bet soup</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/14/learning-to-swim-in-alpha-bet-soup/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/14/learning-to-swim-in-alpha-bet-soup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing like a good list of acronyms to confuse even the most immersed hedge fund aficionado. A new report by KPMG and RBC Dexia unintentionally takes the industry's affinity for acronyms up a notch. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/14/learning-to-swim-in-alpha-bet-soup/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Infrastructure Investments:  Maybe not for conservative investors after all</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/02/infrastructure-investments-maybe-not-for-conservative-investors-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/02/infrastructure-investments-maybe-not-for-conservative-investors-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Traffic at airports, on railroads, and on toll highways is pretty stable.  So you might expect investments in these assets to be commensurately stable, but think again...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/02/infrastructure-investments-maybe-not-for-conservative-investors-after-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Come and get it! The private equity buffet is back in business</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/come-and-get-it-the-private-equity-buffet-is-back-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/come-and-get-it-the-private-equity-buffet-is-back-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors and managers alike are moving back toward the smorgasbord of different types of alternative investments that is private equity, but there are still signs that indigestion and tummy aches may come back to haunt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/come-and-get-it-the-private-equity-buffet-is-back-in-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private equity and real estate: Wanna buy a bridge?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/25/private-equity-and-real-estate-wanna-buy-a-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/25/private-equity-and-real-estate-wanna-buy-a-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 00:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's tough to argue that private equity and real estate aren't the most intuitive investment this days, but a recent report suggests institutional investors are seeing some promise.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/25/private-equity-and-real-estate-wanna-buy-a-bridge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sovereign Wealth Funds: In it for the money or the policy objectives?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/05/sovereign-wealth-funds-in-it-for-the-money-or-the-policy-objectives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/05/sovereign-wealth-funds-in-it-for-the-money-or-the-policy-objectives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 01:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most sovereign wealth funds have two objectives: to make money and to achieve the state's economic development objectives.  Two scholars recently tried to measure the possible "tension" between these competing interests.  What they found will be very useful for anyone trying to sell their services to a SWF. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/05/sovereign-wealth-funds-in-it-for-the-money-or-the-policy-objectives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices?: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/26/smart-institutions-foolish-choices-the-limited-partner-performance-puzzle/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/26/smart-institutions-foolish-choices-the-limited-partner-performance-puzzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar, Wan Wong
Published: March 2011
Abstract: The returns that institutional investors realize from private equity investments differ dramatically cross institutions.  Using detailed and hitherto unexplored records of fund investors and performance, we document large heterogeneity in the performance of different classes of limited partners.  In particular, endowments’ annual returns are [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/26/smart-institutions-foolish-choices-the-limited-partner-performance-puzzle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study: University endowments really are smarter investors!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/25/study-university-endowments-really-are-smarter-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/25/study-university-endowments-really-are-smarter-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Texas endowment recently revealed that it had nearly $1 billion of gold hidden away in their basement.  This might be a good time to revisit whether US endowments are really that smart. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/25/study-university-endowments-really-are-smarter-investors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Supply and Demand of Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/21/the-supply-and-demand-of-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/21/the-supply-and-demand-of-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Harry Markowitz, Robert Snigaroff, David Wroblewski
Published: March 2011
Abstract: This paper analyzes the supply and demand for alpha by institutional investors and the money managers who serve them. A large database of products offered by such managers is used to estimate how the demand for such products increases as a function of achieved excess returns [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/21/the-supply-and-demand-of-alpha/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>From poison pens to poison pills: New, improved, and definitely more bitter for activist hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/19/from-poison-pens-to-poison-pills-new-improved-and-definitely-more-bitter-for-activist-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/19/from-poison-pens-to-poison-pills-new-improved-and-definitely-more-bitter-for-activist-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much to the chagrin of activist hedge fund managers, poison pills are making a comeback - in new and more lethal forms. For managers in particular, reading the label and following the directions is more important than ever.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/19/from-poison-pens-to-poison-pills-new-improved-and-definitely-more-bitter-for-activist-hedge-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turn that tap off! The search for illiquid investments is on&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/13/turn-that-tap-off-the-search-for-illiquid-investments-is-on/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/13/turn-that-tap-off-the-search-for-illiquid-investments-is-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's getting easier to lead an institutional manager to illiquid strategies - not water - according to a recent survey by eVestment Alliance and Casey Quirk. But after what happened in 2008, why would they drink?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/13/turn-that-tap-off-the-search-for-illiquid-investments-is-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pension Fund Investment in Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/13/pension-fund-investment-in-hedge-funds-2/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/13/pension-fund-investment-in-hedge-funds-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Fiona Stewart
Published: March 2011
Abstract: Having outlined the potential concerns relating to pension fund investment in hedge funds, the OECD carried out a survey to investigate what information pension fund regulators have on these investments and how they are being controlled. The survey confirms that pension fund regulators have little information regarding how pension funds [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/13/pension-fund-investment-in-hedge-funds-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Educational Endowments Earned Investment Returns Averaging 11.9% in FY2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/08/educational-endowments-earned-investment-returns-averaging-11-9-in-fy2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/08/educational-endowments-earned-investment-returns-averaging-11-9-in-fy2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: John S. Griswold, William F. Jarvis, Kyle Kuhnel, Kenneth E. Redd, Lisa Jordan
Published: January 2011
Abstract: Data gathered from 850 U.S. colleges, universities and affiliated foundations participating in the 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments® (NCSE) show that these institutions’ endowments returned an average of 11.9 percent (net of fees) for the 2010 fiscal year (July [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/08/educational-endowments-earned-investment-returns-averaging-11-9-in-fy2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Universe returning back to normal as alternative investing &#8220;relationships largely restored in 2010&#8243;: NACUBO</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/07/nacubo-universe-returning-back-to-normal-as-alternative-investing-relationships-largely-restored-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/07/nacubo-universe-returning-back-to-normal-as-alternative-investing-relationships-largely-restored-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite talk of a "new normal", a closely-followed annual review of US endowment investing reveals that we're finally moving back to the "old" normal.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/07/nacubo-universe-returning-back-to-normal-as-alternative-investing-relationships-largely-restored-in-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Decentralized Investment Management: Evidence from the Pension Fund Industry</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/05/decentralized-investment-management-evidence-from-the-pension-fund-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/05/decentralized-investment-management-evidence-from-the-pension-fund-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: David Blake, Allan Timmermann, Ian Tonks, Russ Wermers 
Published: February 2010
Abstract: The past few decades  have seen a major shift  from centralized to decentralized investment management by pension fund sponsors, despite the increased coordination problems that this brings. Using a unique, proprietary dataset of pension sponsors and managers, we identify two secular [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/05/decentralized-investment-management-evidence-from-the-pension-fund-industry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>A Spectrum of Specialisation: Study of 3,000 UK pensions chronicles death of balanced mandates</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/04/a-spectrum-of-specialisation-study-of-3000-uk-pensions-chronicles-death-of-balanced-mandates/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/04/a-spectrum-of-specialisation-study-of-3000-uk-pensions-chronicles-death-of-balanced-mandates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study shows that the adoption of alternative investments by pension funds is really just part of a longer term trend toward specialization in investment management (think: hedge funds). ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/04/a-spectrum-of-specialisation-study-of-3000-uk-pensions-chronicles-death-of-balanced-mandates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>AB-1743 &#8211; Placement Agents in CA</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/04/ab-1743-placement-agents-in-ca/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/04/ab-1743-placement-agents-in-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: March 2011
Abstract: The Act states that any placement agent soliciting funds from CalPERs (California State Public Employees’ Retirement System) or CalSTRS California State Teachers’ Retirement System) must register as a lobbyist, the purpose being to ensure that all investments made are impartial. The legislation was passed in response to investigations into alleged corrupt [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/04/ab-1743-placement-agents-in-ca/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match &#8211; unless it&#8217;s a public pension&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/03/matchmaker-matchmaker-make-me-a-match-unless-its-a-public-pension/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/03/matchmaker-matchmaker-make-me-a-match-unless-its-a-public-pension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund matchmakers are facing new rules when it comes to matching their clients with public pension funds. The question is whether it's a growing trend or will the matchmakers will soon start looking for different matches. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/03/matchmaker-matchmaker-make-me-a-match-unless-its-a-public-pension/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Origins and Severity of the Public Pension Crisis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-origins-and-severity-of-the-public-pension-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/29/the-origins-and-severity-of-the-public-pension-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dean Bake 
Published: February 2011
Abstract: There has been considerable attention given in recent months to the shortfalls faced by state and local pension funds. Using the current methodology of assessing pension obligations, the shortfalls sum to nearly $1 trillion. Some analysts have argued that by using what they consider to be a more accurate [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t do it&#8221; and &#8220;she hit me first&#8221; don&#8217;t cut it for pensions: report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/28/i-didnt-do-it-and-she-hit-me-first-dont-cut-it-for-pensions-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/28/i-didnt-do-it-and-she-hit-me-first-dont-cut-it-for-pensions-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blaming swooning financial markets and the recession for funding shortfalls has become a national pastime among U.S. pension funds. A new report suggests that they need to stop pointing fingers and start taking responsibility for their actions. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/28/i-didnt-do-it-and-she-hit-me-first-dont-cut-it-for-pensions-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study: Public pension funds in a dangerous race with one another.  Should focus on liabilities first.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/24/study-public-pension-funds-in-a-dangerous-race-with-one-another-need-to-focus-on-liabilities-first/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/24/study-public-pension-funds-in-a-dangerous-race-with-one-another-need-to-focus-on-liabilities-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A study of 125 U.S. state pension plans reveals that management incentives, misguided accounting standards and conflicting interests could perpetuate a funding gap roller coaster. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/24/study-public-pension-funds-in-a-dangerous-race-with-one-another-need-to-focus-on-liabilities-first/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>TheCityUK Pension Markets February 2011</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/15/thecityuk-pension-markets-february-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/15/thecityuk-pension-markets-february-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By:  TheCityUK 
Published: March 2011
Abstract: The future financing of pensions is an increasingly important issue in many countries as governments, employers and individuals review how best to provide for income in retirement. This report summarises broad international trends in pension markets and reviews key challenges in the financing of pensions in the UK.
Related Post: [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/15/thecityuk-pension-markets-february-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate Change Scenarios &#8211; Implications for Strategic Assset Allocation</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/08/climate-change-scenarios-implications-for-strategic-assset-allocation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/08/climate-change-scenarios-implications-for-strategic-assset-allocation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By:  Mercer, IFC
Published: January 2011
Abstract: The project required a lot of new research that would be costly and oberous for one institution to undertake independently. Collaboration brings the benefit of combining different geographies and perspectives, increasing the global applicability of the findsings. Successful examples of collaboration should encourage institutional investors to work together, pooling [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/08/climate-change-scenarios-implications-for-strategic-assset-allocation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate Change: A core part of strategic asset allocation or an &#8220;extra-financial&#8221; distraction?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/07/climate-change-a-core-part-of-strategic-asset-allocation-or-an-extra-financial-distraction/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/07/climate-change-a-core-part-of-strategic-asset-allocation-or-an-extra-financial-distraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Mercer report proposes a way to integrate climate change into financial decision-making. Could this finally move climate change from the social agenda to the financial agenda?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/07/climate-change-a-core-part-of-strategic-asset-allocation-or-an-extra-financial-distraction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Think you know all about infrastructure investments? Think again.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/03/think-you-know-all-about-infrastructure-investments-think-again/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/03/think-you-know-all-about-infrastructure-investments-think-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Infrastructure investments remain a hot trend among institutional investors, though a new report suggests they are a lot more complicated - and risky - than as commonly perceived.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/03/think-you-know-all-about-infrastructure-investments-think-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fan Favorites: The Alternative Investment &#8220;People&#8217;s Choice Awards&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/28/fan-favorites-the-alternative-investment-peoples-choice-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/28/fan-favorites-the-alternative-investment-peoples-choice-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent scan of the financial reports of 150 major pension funds reveals the world's most popular alternative investment managers.  Here's an award not even Lindsay Lohan could win.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/28/fan-favorites-the-alternative-investment-peoples-choice-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sovereign wealth funds to alternative investments: It depends on our mandate (mostly)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/24/sovereign-wealth-funds-to-alternative-investments-it-depends-on-our-mandate-mostly/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/24/sovereign-wealth-funds-to-alternative-investments-it-depends-on-our-mandate-mostly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A working paper by researchers at the IMF suggests there are four relatively distinct types of sovereign wealth funds.  And once you know the fund type, you can guess at their appetite for alternative investments.   ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/24/sovereign-wealth-funds-to-alternative-investments-it-depends-on-our-mandate-mostly/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>REITs beaten up in crisis, now back for revenge.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/17/reits-beaten-up-in-crisis-now-back-for-revenge/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/17/reits-beaten-up-in-crisis-now-back-for-revenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Full points for stamina!  After dropping by more than half between 2006 and 2008, REITs are nearly back to their pre-crash size.  But do they have what it takes to succeed in the long term?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/17/reits-beaten-up-in-crisis-now-back-for-revenge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The house that REITs built&#8230; casting a shadow on hedge funds?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/14/the-house-that-reits-built-casting-a-shadow-on-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/14/the-house-that-reits-built-casting-a-shadow-on-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Real estate in various forms continues to gain favor among institutional investors. For hedge funds, the problem is the shadow being cast.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/14/the-house-that-reits-built-casting-a-shadow-on-hedge-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stock Volatility, Institutional Ownership and Analyst Coverage</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/03/stock-volatility-institutional-ownership-and-analyst-coverage/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/03/stock-volatility-institutional-ownership-and-analyst-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jean-Michel Sahut, Gharbi Sami Sr., Hidaya Othmani Gharbi
Published: January 2011
Abstract: We examine the relation between stock volatility and asymmetric information empirically. We use two proxies of information asymmetry: institutional ownership and analyst coverage. We find that firms covered by more analysts are more likely to have less volatile returns. A significant and positive bilateral [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/03/stock-volatility-institutional-ownership-and-analyst-coverage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Wishes Of Crowds: Do Credit Spreads Measure Credit Risk?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/13/the-wishes-of-crowds-do-credit-spreads-measure-credit-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/13/the-wishes-of-crowds-do-credit-spreads-measure-credit-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Peter Rigby 
Published: December 2010
Abstract: Unlike fundamental credit analysis, market prices provide neither diagnostic capabilities nor insights into the reasons that differentiate one company&#8217;s credit standing from another&#8217;s. As important, securities pricing data do not indicate why a company&#8217;s creditworthiness is strong or weak. Markets capture investors&#8217; emotions with great speed and efficiency and, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/13/the-wishes-of-crowds-do-credit-spreads-measure-credit-risk/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ok people: stretch those muscles, and let&#8217;s invest in a way that has a positive impact!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/06/ok-people-stretch-those-muscles-and-lets-invest-in-a-way-that-has-a-positive-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/06/ok-people-stretch-those-muscles-and-lets-invest-in-a-way-that-has-a-positive-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not to be confused with crashing and burning or with high-intensity workouts, impact investing promises to be the next step forward in earning a return and being socially and politically responsible. What remains to be seen is how many institutions will adapt to it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/06/ok-people-stretch-those-muscles-and-lets-invest-in-a-way-that-has-a-positive-impact/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Report suggests alternative investment allocations could be impacted by new pension accounting rules</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/05/report-suggests-alternative-investment-allocations-could-be-impacted-by-new-pension-accounting-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/05/report-suggests-alternative-investment-allocations-could-be-impacted-by-new-pension-accounting-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund allocations at US pension funds could be the victim or the beneficiary of changes to pension rules currently being debated internationally.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/05/report-suggests-alternative-investment-allocations-could-be-impacted-by-new-pension-accounting-rules/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bank of America Merrill Lynch &#8211; Institutional Investor Survey Fall 2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/21/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-institutional-investor-survey-fall-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/21/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-institutional-investor-survey-fall-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Bank of America Merrill Lynch 
Published: December 2010
Abstract: The Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill Lynch) Capital Introductions Group recently conducted an institutional investor survey in conjunction with the Alternative Investment Institute at Quinnipiac University and the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association. The purpose of the survey was to better understand the views of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/21/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-institutional-investor-survey-fall-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s getting easier being green, but can it produce a return?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/16/its-getting-easier-being-green-but-can-it-produce-a-return/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/16/its-getting-easier-being-green-but-can-it-produce-a-return/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For institutions, it's easier than it used to be to put money to work in "green" investments. The question is whether they can still earn a decent return doing it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/16/its-getting-easier-being-green-but-can-it-produce-a-return/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>A closer look at BofA Merrill Lynch&#8217;s new survey of institutional investors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/15/a-closer-look-at-bofa-merrill-lynchs-survey-of-institutional-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/15/a-closer-look-at-bofa-merrill-lynchs-survey-of-institutional-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent poll of institutional investors reveals "bullishness" about alternative investments, but also provides some food for thought about emerging managers, liquidity and return chasing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/15/a-closer-look-at-bofa-merrill-lynchs-survey-of-institutional-investors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Death, Where is Thy Payout?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/08/death-where-is-thy-payout/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/08/death-where-is-thy-payout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Death: Uncorrelated with the equity beta - as long as market volatility doesn't give us all heart attacks.]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8220;Alpha Index&#8221; helps trade apples against oranges</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/11/04/new-alpha-index-helps-trade-apples-against-oranges/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/11/04/new-alpha-index-helps-trade-apples-against-oranges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Inventor of VIX adds a new flavor to the fruit salad of financial indexes. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/11/04/new-alpha-index-helps-trade-apples-against-oranges/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Pension funds and minor hockey: not really that different</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/28/pension-funds-and-minor-hockey-not-really-that-different/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/28/pension-funds-and-minor-hockey-not-really-that-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If pensions funds were hockey teams, it seems many of them probably wouldn't want to watch the scoreboard too closely.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/28/pension-funds-and-minor-hockey-not-really-that-different/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>For hedge funds, is China ultimately going to go the &#8220;yuan&#8221; way?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/27/for-hedge-funds-is-china-ultimately-going-to-go-the-yuan-way/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/27/for-hedge-funds-is-china-ultimately-going-to-go-the-yuan-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge funds and others are trying their best to ensure they don't make the "yuan" moves as China maneuvers it's way to tighter monetary policy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/27/for-hedge-funds-is-china-ultimately-going-to-go-the-yuan-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Alphabet Soup of REITs satisfies world&#8217;s thirst for liquid real estate</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/26/alphabet-soup-of-reits-satisfies-worlds-hunger-for-commercial-real-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/26/alphabet-soup-of-reits-satisfies-worlds-hunger-for-commercial-real-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are gaining popularity around the world.  REIT-on dude!]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/26/alphabet-soup-of-reits-satisfies-worlds-hunger-for-commercial-real-estate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Alpha generators to beta grazers: mooove over for currency managers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/21/alpha-generators-to-beta-grazers-mooove-over-for-currency-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/21/alpha-generators-to-beta-grazers-mooove-over-for-currency-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new academic paper suggests alpha does exist after all - just not in the form or format that many investors think.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/21/alpha-generators-to-beta-grazers-mooove-over-for-currency-managers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Single Family Offices:Private Wealth Managementin the Family Context</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/19/single-family-officesprivate-wealth-managementin-the-family-context/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/19/single-family-officesprivate-wealth-managementin-the-family-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Raphael Amit, Heinrich Liechtenstein, M. Julia Prats, Todd Millay &#38; Laird P. Pendleton 
Published: October 2010
Abstract: Single family offices (SFO) are professional organizations dedicated to managing the personal fortunes and lives of very wealthy families. Tracing their lineage back to the Roman major domus (head of the house) and the Medieval major-domo (chief steward), [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/19/single-family-officesprivate-wealth-managementin-the-family-context/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Conflicting pension fund studies?  One: &#8220;Small is beautiful.&#8221;  The other: &#8220;Bigger is better.&#8221;  What up?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/18/conflicting-pension-fund-studies-one-small-is-beautiful-the-other-bigger-is-better-what-up/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/18/conflicting-pension-fund-studies-one-small-is-beautiful-the-other-bigger-is-better-what-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A study based on newly available pension fund data suggests that there are significant economies of scale in pension fund management.  But a recent study based on the same data seemed to conclude the opposite.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/18/conflicting-pension-fund-studies-one-small-is-beautiful-the-other-bigger-is-better-what-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Co-investing alongside hedge funds? Could be lucrative, but read this first&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/17/co-investing-alongside-hedge-funds-could-be-lucrative-but-read-this-first/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/17/co-investing-alongside-hedge-funds-could-be-lucrative-but-read-this-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new academic paper puts more blame on hedge funds for the 2008 credit crisis and market collapse, arguing that liquidity risk in stocks is inherently higher among securities held by hedge funds than in securities held in the portfolios of individual investors and banks.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/17/co-investing-alongside-hedge-funds-could-be-lucrative-but-read-this-first/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Aerosmith Alpha or Bowie Beta?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/04/aerosmith-alpha-or-bowie-beta/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/04/aerosmith-alpha-or-bowie-beta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How alternative music can turn into alternative beta.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/04/aerosmith-alpha-or-bowie-beta/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Researcher to Critics of &#8220;Yale Model&#8221;: Not so fast!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/29/researcher-to-critics-of-yale-model-not-so-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/29/researcher-to-critics-of-yale-model-not-so-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who blame alternative investments for the travails of US university endowments may want to read this recent paper.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/29/researcher-to-critics-of-yale-model-not-so-fast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Springtime for M&amp;A in alternative investments? (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/26/springtime-for-ma-in-alternative-investments-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/26/springtime-for-ma-in-alternative-investments-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[M&#038;A activity in the hedge fund space continues to thrive, though it's not green shoots and blooming roses for all, as a new report by Freeman &#038; Co. shows.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/26/springtime-for-ma-in-alternative-investments-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Pension Funds: Okay, forget 8%. Just get us out of this hole!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/23/pension-funds-okay-forget-8-just-get-us-out-of-this-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/23/pension-funds-okay-forget-8-just-get-us-out-of-this-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liability Driven Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For pensions it's quickly gone from 8%-plus assumed returns to fighting just to keep the assets and liabilities in sync. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/23/pension-funds-okay-forget-8-just-get-us-out-of-this-hole/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The Double Indemnity Hedge: Pricing death on the installment plan</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/21/the-double-indemnity-hedge-pricing-death-on-the-instalment-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/21/the-double-indemnity-hedge-pricing-death-on-the-instalment-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Longevity risk is apparently a field in its infancy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/21/the-double-indemnity-hedge-pricing-death-on-the-instalment-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Study finds evidence of alpha in an often-overlooked alternative asset class: REITs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/19/study-finds-evidence-of-alpha-in-an-often-overlooked-alternative-asset-class-reits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/19/study-finds-evidence-of-alpha-in-an-often-overlooked-alternative-asset-class-reits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that stock markets are pretty efficient.  But what about the market for real estate investment trusts (REITs)?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/19/study-finds-evidence-of-alpha-in-an-often-overlooked-alternative-asset-class-reits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Pensions: &#8220;Note to self: Buy more hedge funds next time&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/16/pensions-note-to-self-buy-more-hedge-funds-next-time/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/16/pensions-note-to-self-buy-more-hedge-funds-next-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The top lessons learned by pension funds from the 2008 financial crisis suggest that hedge funds may be the answer. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/16/pensions-note-to-self-buy-more-hedge-funds-next-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Seen on the hedge fund catwalk: rose-colored glasses back in vogue</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/13/seen-on-the-hedge-fund-catwalk-rose-colored-glasses-back-in-vogue/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/13/seen-on-the-hedge-fund-catwalk-rose-colored-glasses-back-in-vogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For right or wrong, investors seem to be donning rose-colored glasses once again when it comes to hedge funds - apparently more willing to overlook previous hot-button issues like transparency and fees. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/13/seen-on-the-hedge-fund-catwalk-rose-colored-glasses-back-in-vogue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>McKinsey: After crisis, asset managers now need to &#8220;pick their spots for growth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/09/mckinsey-after-crisis-asset-managers-now-need-to-pick-their-spots-for-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/09/mckinsey-after-crisis-asset-managers-now-need-to-pick-their-spots-for-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite redeeming assets from hedge funds over the past few years, McKinsey says that alternative investments remain one of five key growth areas for asset managers. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/09/mckinsey-after-crisis-asset-managers-now-need-to-pick-their-spots-for-growth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Commodities for the Short Run: As portfolio diversifiers, non-correlation benefits may have been exaggerated.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/06/commodities-for-the-short-run-as-portfolio-diversifiers-non-correlation-benefits-may-have-been-exaggerated/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/06/commodities-for-the-short-run-as-portfolio-diversifiers-non-correlation-benefits-may-have-been-exaggerated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Commodities jig and jag and jump on their own time – or on world economic time. But all that jazz may not be so memorable for the long-term investor.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/06/commodities-for-the-short-run-as-portfolio-diversifiers-non-correlation-benefits-may-have-been-exaggerated/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Despite the headlines, US public pensions not losing any sleep over their alternative investment allocations</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/25/despite-the-headlines-us-public-pensions-not-losing-any-sleep-over-their-alternative-investment-allocations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/25/despite-the-headlines-us-public-pensions-not-losing-any-sleep-over-their-alternative-investment-allocations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morningstar's Steve Deutsch puts a microscope over some of the most "pro-alternative" public pension plans in the United States.  What he finds may help hedge fund and private equity managers sleep a little sounder at night.]]></description>
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		<title>Preqin Research Report Strategy in Focus: Event-Driven Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/preqin-research-report-strategy-in-focus-event-driven-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/preqin-research-report-strategy-in-focus-event-driven-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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By: Preqin Research Group
Published: June 2010
Abstract: Event-driven funds are predicted to offer some of the best returns this year due in part to the relative uncertainty in the overall market and the increase in the number of event-driven deals, such as mergers and distressed acquisitions taking place.
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		<title>Founder of the Journal of Environmental Investing: &#8220;It&#8217;s all about alpha!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/11/founder-of-the-journal-of-environmental-investing-its-all-about-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/11/founder-of-the-journal-of-environmental-investing-its-all-about-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many institutional investors, investing in the environment is now all about alpha, not social change.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Infrastructure Living Up To Expectations?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/10/preqin-research-report-is-infrastructure-living-up-to-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/10/preqin-research-report-is-infrastructure-living-up-to-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin Research Group 
Published: August 2010
Abstract: Since the emergence of unlisted infrastructure funds in the 1990s, private investment in infrastructure has grown rapidly with a variety of institutional investors and fund managers entering the marketplace. Infrastructure is now by a majority of investors viewed as a separate independent asset class, but the evolution of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To sleep, perchance to dream&#8230; of a sovereign wealth fund allocation</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/05/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream-of-a-sovereign-wealth-fund-allocation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/05/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream-of-a-sovereign-wealth-fund-allocation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sovereign Wealth Fund-bashing was all the rage back in late 2007 and early 2008. Now, with SWF's like China Investment Corp. dangling billions in potential investment dollars for hedge funds and other alternative investment managers, will a kinder, gentler tone prevail?]]></description>
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		<title>European pension managers feeling more optimistic, but still not crazy about traditional beta investments: survey</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/22/european-pension-managers-feeling-more-optimistic-but-still-not-crazy-about-traditional-beta-investments-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European pension managers are feeling more upbeat according to a new survey.  Yet that doesn't seem to be translating into more hunger for either equities or bonds. ]]></description>
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		<title>Preqin Research Report Funds of Funds vs Direct Investment: The Institutional Investor Perspective</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/21/preqin-research-report-funds-of-funds-vs-direct-investment-the-institutional-investor-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/21/preqin-research-report-funds-of-funds-vs-direct-investment-the-institutional-investor-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: July 2010
Abstract: There have been significant changes in the hedge fund industry over the last two years. Institutional investors now constitute a significant proportion of the investors in hedge funds and their demands for transparency, liquidity and better fee terms are shaping the industry as it emerges from the financial crisis.
Related Post: Institutions [...]]]></description>
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