EVENT: EDHEC Business
Oct 9th, 2006 | Filed under: Today's PostDate: November 21 & 22, 2006
Location: Paris
Organized By: EDHEC Business School
EDHEC Business School in France has published several top-drawer research papers on the alternative investment industry – particularly on how institutions ought to view alternatives in the context of an overall portfolio (just try typing “EDHEC” into the search box on this page). This conference tackles portable alpha (a.k.a. “core-satellite”) investing from the ETF perspective. If Alpha Male was Parisian, he would undoubtedly attend this event next month. Readers on the Continent should definitely try to check this one out (please report back to us).
According to the conference programme, the event will tackle the following questions, among others:
“What are the benefits of the core-satellite approach? How to use ETFs in the core-satellite model?”
“Can ETFs be used to support the structuring of investments in new asset classes (commodities, real estate, etc.)?”
Session will cover the following topics, among others:
“The usefulness of ETFs in the core-satellite approach, Portable beta and the use of ETFs…”
“…Optimal blending of Alpha and Beta implementation solutions “Active Risk Budgeting” : a process to determine how much active risk to take across asset classes when implementing asset allocation while seeking alpha…”
“…Actively managed ETFs: opportunities and limitations…”
“…Strategies using leveraged ETFs in institutional portfolios, comparison with alternative instruments…”
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