Interview with Wilshire’s Jim Dunn about the new Wilshire/Fairfield Greenwich portable alpha offering
Dec 11th, 2006 | Filed under: Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta SeparationEarlier today (Monday), I spoke with Jim Dunn, VP at Wilshire Associates about the firm’s new partnership with hedge fund manager Fairfield Greenwich Group to provide a turn-key portable alpha solution.
A former convertible arbitrage manager and graduate of Villanova University, Dunn was hired by Santa Monica-based Wilshire about 18 months ago to spearhead the firm’s move into hedge fund-related strategies. He says that Wilshire’s view of hedge funds has undergone a metamorphosis over the past two years as the firm looks for ways to marry passive and active management.
The new offering is based on Fairfield’s existing fund of funds program. He describes Wilshire’s value-add as a) selection of appropriate betas b) counter-party relationship management and c) fiduciary activities.
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