Today, we bring you another installment of our “Summer of 1,000 posts” (more…)

This week’s sampling from our archives covers the topic of Alternative Beta and and Hedge Fund Replication…

With hedge funds back in the black, how are the hedge fund “clones” doing?
At least one hedge fund “replicator” has recently been replicating the aspirations, if not the actual experiences of hedge fund managers.

A novel approach to monitoring daily HF returns when they don’t actually exist
Hedge fund replication is now put to a different use by researchers.  Call it “assisted hedge fund replication”.

Pendulum swinging back to investable hedge fund indices for passive HF exposure
It wasn’t long ago that investors were graduating from simple investable hedge fund indices to more sophisticated hedge fund replication products for their passive hedge fund exposure.  Now, it seems that “simple” is back as some investors are willing to stomach the high hedge fund fees in exchange for transparency and liquidity. More…