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	<title>AllAboutAlpha.com &#187; Search Results  &#187;  &#8220;morgan stanley&#8221;</title>
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	<description>Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing</description>
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		<title>M&amp;A in the asset management space? Yes. Fire-sale distressed prices? Not necessarily.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/13/ma-in-the-asset-management-space-yes-fire-sale-distressed-prices-not-necessarily/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/13/ma-in-the-asset-management-space-yes-fire-sale-distressed-prices-not-necessarily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Horrific returns, mass redemptions and seemingly unreachable high water marks were predicted to unleash a wave of M&#038;A activity in the alternative asset management space. The wave has begun, but not for any of those reasons, according to a new report.]]></description>
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		<title>A cornucopia of scrumptious news</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/24/a-cornucopia-of-scrumptious-news/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/24/a-cornucopia-of-scrumptious-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AAA Newsreels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All the news that's fit to eat this Thanksgiving.]]></description>
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		<title>Summer of 1,000 Posts</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/28/summer-of-1000-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/28/summer-of-1000-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had our official archivist pour over the first 1,000 posts to be published at AllAboutAlpha.com in order to bring you a selection of posts on the topic of the CAPM and the theory behind our favorite Greek variable.]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist argues hedge funds should be &#8220;regulated out of existence&#8221;.  Time for a reality check.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/21/columnist-argues-hedge-funds-should-be-regulated-out-of-existence-time-for-a-reality-check/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/21/columnist-argues-hedge-funds-should-be-regulated-out-of-existence-time-for-a-reality-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 01:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage of Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week a widely-read columnist provided a wonderful example of the challenges faced by those who wish to ban hedge funds - a lack of hard data.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Live from GAIM Cayman: HF operations in the spotlight</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/27/live-blogging-gaim-cayman/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/27/live-blogging-gaim-cayman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Couldn't make it to Cayman for GAIM Ops?  Here's what you missed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A graphical look at hedge fund leverage</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/05/a-graphical-look-at-hedge-fund-leverage/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/05/a-graphical-look-at-hedge-fund-leverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FSA found last week that hedge fund leverage has dwindled to nearly zero over the past year.  But as you can see in these charts, it was never as high as commonly assumed in the first place.   ]]></description>
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		<title>London Day Two: Separation Theorem, Core/Satellite Redux &amp; New HF Metrics</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/10/london-day-two-separation-theorem-coresatellite-redux-new-hf-metrics/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/10/london-day-two-separation-theorem-coresatellite-redux-new-hf-metrics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What happens when academics and hedge fund managers mix it up?  Something like this...]]></description>
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		<title>Mystical Dates on the Hedgistanian Calendar</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/04/mystical-dates-on-the-hedgistanian-calendar/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/04/mystical-dates-on-the-hedgistanian-calendar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mystics, shamen and astrologers often associate calamities with specific calendar dates.  It turns out that financial journalists may not be that different. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alpha Magazine Releases 2008 &#8220;Alpha Awards&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/21/alpha-magazine-releases-2008-alpha-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/21/alpha-magazine-releases-2008-alpha-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alpha Magazine is releasing the winners of its 2008 Alpha Awards this week.  The four categories judged by a survey of hedge fund manager in the spring and summer are: law firms, prime brokerages, accounting firms and administrators.  Results are being released at Alpha&#8217;s website all this week.
Shartsis Friese and Walkers scored top spots for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress votes against bailout plan &#8211; but CFAs not actually huge fans either</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/29/congress-votes-against-bailout-plan-but-cfas-not-actually-huge-fans-either/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/29/congress-votes-against-bailout-plan-but-cfas-not-actually-huge-fans-either/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bailout plan has quickly become the topic de jour for pollsters.  While it's often described as Main Street vs. Wall Street, it appears that CFA charter holders share approximately the same level of concern over the plan as US citizens in general.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Whither the Clones?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/17/whither-the-clones/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/17/whither-the-clones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2007 was a break-through year for so-called "hedge fund replication".  But what's up with 2008?    ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asset management barbell getting heavier</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/09/asset-management-barbell-getting-heavier/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/09/asset-management-barbell-getting-heavier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:00:21 +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=3372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from Morgan Stanley confirms their (and our) longstanding belief that the asset management industry is turning into a "barbell". ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge funds: Redefining The Course</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/30/hedge-funds-redefining-the-course/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/30/hedge-funds-redefining-the-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ernst &#38; Young
Published: July 2008
Abstract: This year’s survey comes at a tumultuous time in financial markets. In these conditions it would not be unreasonable to ask why we are publishing this survey at all. There are a number of reasons: markets will stabilize and the themes we tackle are enduring. Although the credit crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley Investment Management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/19/morgan-stanley-investment-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/19/morgan-stanley-investment-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asset Managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Investment Management
From corporate website:  Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s alternative investment offerings span a wide range of disciplines, including hedge funds and funds of funds; absolute return strategies; real estate; senior loans; structured products; and private equity, which encompasses direct investments, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts and infrastructure
Click here for related AllAboutAlpha content
]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Coates</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/15/2322/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/15/2322/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hall of Fame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practitioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who's Who]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Coates
Head of Portable Alpha, Managing Director, Portable Alpha Team, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners.  Former head of pension plan for Weyerhaeuser.
Morgan Stanley AIP Portable Alpha
Relevant Postings (AllAboutAlpha.com)
 
 
]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Newsreel: Madrid, Stockholm, Maple Syrup and 130/30</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/25/weekly-newsreel-madrid-stockholm-maple-syrup-and-13030/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/25/weekly-newsreel-madrid-stockholm-maple-syrup-and-13030/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 01:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AAA Newsreels]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/25/weekly-newsreel-madrid-stockholm-maple-syrup-and-13030/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Inalytics launches new service to analyse 130/30 funds: Thomson reports that &#8220;The firm specialises in quantitative forensic analysis to identify 130/30 managers that can add value from skill by verifying that their short positions actually generate returns.&#8221;
Nervous alternatives managers could be leaving alpha on the table: P&#38;I reports from &#8221;AlphaMax&#8221; in Madrid that &#8220;Fees became a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: &#8220;Exposure yardsticks may provide little insight about a fund&#8217;s alpha potential&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/15/report-exposure-yardsticks-may-provide-little-insight-about-a-fund%e2%80%99s-alpha-potential/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/15/report-exposure-yardsticks-may-provide-little-insight-about-a-fund%e2%80%99s-alpha-potential/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/15/report-exposure-yardsticks-may-provide-little-insight-about-a-fund%e2%80%99s-alpha-potential/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Simply adding a "short-extension" to a fund doesn't necessarily pave the way for alpha generation says a Morgan Stanley report available here at AAA. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#8220;Active/Passive&#8221; another term for &#8220;Alpha/Beta&#8221;?  Not quite.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/24/is-activepassive-another-term-for-alphabeta-not-quite/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/24/is-activepassive-another-term-for-alphabeta-not-quite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/20/is-activepassive-another-term-for-alphabeta-not-quite/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new mutual fund offering borrows from portable alpha concepts.  Will retail investors finally bite?]]></description>
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		<title>Research says shorting ETFs in a 1X0/X0 portfolio holds unique benefits</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/07/research-says-shorting-etfs-in-a-1x0x0-portfolio-holds-unique-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/07/research-says-shorting-etfs-in-a-1x0x0-portfolio-holds-unique-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/07/research-says-shorting-etfs-in-a-1x0x0-portfolio-holds-unique-benefits/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When short-selling ideas are in short supply, hedge fund managers can always short ETFs.  Problem is, that provides no value-add.  Or does it?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Converting the Sun&#8217;s Energy into Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/06/converting-the-suns-energy-into-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/06/converting-the-suns-energy-into-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/06/converting-the-suns-energy-into-alpha/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can new technologies, investment vehicles, and financial markets coupled with many investors with "extra-economic" motivations, convert the sun's energy into alpha? ]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Responds: Yes, there is Alternative Beta (and Alpha) in Alternative Energy</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/26/a-reader-responds-yes-there-is-alternative-beta-and-alpha-in-alternative-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/26/a-reader-responds-yes-there-is-alternative-beta-and-alpha-in-alternative-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last fall, we questioned whether alternative energy could produce alpha.  Today, one leading environmental technology investor takes issue with that assessment.]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha-centric Newsreel</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/14/alpha-centric-newsreel/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/14/alpha-centric-newsreel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAA Newsreels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a sample of the news stories we didn&#8217;t get a chance to explore in detail this week.  As usual, all of them can be found on the Alpha-ticker above or in the news items section of AllAboutAlpha.com (free registration may be required for a few of these).
Morgan Stanley says Alpha/Beta Separation &#8220;the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the common expression &#8220;all correlations go to one&#8221; may be overstated</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/28/why-the-common-expression-all-correlations-go-to-one-may-be-overstated/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/28/why-the-common-expression-all-correlations-go-to-one-may-be-overstated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a January report to clients (available here), Morgan Stanley explores the true implications of the adage "all correlations go to one during times of stress".  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>More on fixed income portable alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/05/more-on-fixed-income-portable-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/05/more-on-fixed-income-portable-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/05/more-on-fixed-income-portable-alpha/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a December 2007 discussion paper, Franklin Templeton&#8217;s Australian fixed income group said it is seeing, &#8220;especially strong interest in the application of portable alpha to fixed income investing.&#8221;  (Prudential&#8217;s fixed income group and Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Portable Alpha team would likely agree.)
The paper is solidly alpha-centric:
&#8220;Portable alpha strategies, designed to isolate generation of alpha (excess return over a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Davos &#8220;Systemic Financial Risk&#8221; panel: most apropos in modern history</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/25/davos-systemic-financial-risk-panel-most-apropos-in-modern-history/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/25/davos-systemic-financial-risk-panel-most-apropos-in-modern-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/25/davos-systemic-financial-risk-panel-most-apropos-in-modern-history/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Official news of the SocGen fiasco broke on Thursday, January 24 (See conference call notes from 5am ET that day).  As the media widely reported, the company opted for a rights issue to shore up its capital ratios.  Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were chosen as underwriters.
The WSJ reports, &#8220;Societe Generale and the U.S. bankers feared on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Group CEO on lock-ups and alpha&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/05/man-group-ceo-on-lock-ups-and-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/05/man-group-ceo-on-lock-ups-and-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The CEO of one of the world's largest hedge fund companies told an audience yesterday that lock-ups lead to higher returns.  Fair enough.  But is it "alpha"? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: &#8220;Liquidity Alpha&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/27/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/27/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAIA Alternative Viewpoints Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If illiquidity demands fair compensation and hedge funds are relatively illiquid, does it follow that some of what might look like "hedge fund alpha" is really just an illiquidity premium? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fixed Income 130/30 comes out of hiding</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/12/fixed-income-13030-comes-out-of-hiding/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/12/fixed-income-13030-comes-out-of-hiding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/12/fixed-income-13030-comes-out-of-hiding/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After we wrote a posting last spring about 130/30 in the world of fixed income, the strategy seemed to go underground.  But it's poking its head back above the ground now.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paying Tribute to the Clones</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/23/paying-tribute-to-the-clones/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/23/paying-tribute-to-the-clones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/23/paying-tribute-to-the-clones/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[France's Edhec business school published a succinct summary of hedge fund replication offerings last week.  It's well worth the read - especially if you're a Jedi knight.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Second leg of the Boston hedge fund triathlon</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/18/second-leg-of-the-boston-hedge-fund-triathlon/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/18/second-leg-of-the-boston-hedge-fund-triathlon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EVENT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Day two of the Boston hedge fund triathlon featured the Wayne Gretzky of finance, Fed Band-aids, and tips on forest fire prevention.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Absolute return&#8221; elite from around globe meet at un-named event&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/16/absolute-return-elite-from-around-globe-meet-at-un-named-event/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/16/absolute-return-elite-from-around-globe-meet-at-un-named-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EVENT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/16/absolute-return-elite-from-around-globe-meet-at-un-named-event/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alpha Male provides occasional entertainment to crowds who have come to see Nobel laureates Harry Markowitz and Myron Scholes and other luminaries at this "strictly no media" hedge fund gabfest in Boston.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/16/absolute-return-elite-from-around-globe-meet-at-un-named-event/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Canada: &#8220;Come for the gold, but stay for the alpha&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/11/canada-come-for-the-gold-but-stay-for-the-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/11/canada-come-for-the-gold-but-stay-for-the-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/11/canada-come-for-the-gold-but-stay-for-the-alpha/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge Funds World Canada - our third conference and third continent in three weeks.  We learn this week that if Canada had a tourism bureau for hedge fund investors, it would be busy telling people they came here for the wrong reasons. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/11/canada-come-for-the-gold-but-stay-for-the-alpha/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Now Asia becoming AllAboutAlpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/10/now-asia-becoming-allaboutalpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/10/10/now-asia-becoming-allaboutalpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank hosted two derivatives conferences in Hong Kong and Singapore last week.  In Hong Kong, DB's CEO of Asia (ex-Japan) Colin Grassie told the packed audience that he was seeing "unprecedented demand" for derivatives.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Replication: Day One Re-cap</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/26/hedge-fund-replication-day-one-re-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/26/hedge-fund-replication-day-one-re-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/26/hedge-fund-replication-day-one-re-cap/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Day 1 of the Hedge Fund Replication &#038; Alternative Beta conference in Geneva was a rip-roaring juggernaut of financial excitement.  If you missed it, we've got all the gory details... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Heard by the waters of Lake Geneva</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/25/heard-by-the-waters-of-lake-geneva/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/25/heard-by-the-waters-of-lake-geneva/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/25/heard-by-the-waters-of-lake-geneva/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heard on the floor at Terrapinn&#8217;s &#8220;Hedge Fund Replication &#38; Alternative Beta&#8221; conference in Geneva so far today&#8230; 
&#8220;His trading process may be &#8220;naive&#8221;, but his fees sure aren&#8217;t!&#8221;
- Professor Harry Kat on the hedge fund replication strategy pursued by another well-known firm.
&#8220;The asset information submitted to any of the databases is absolutely useless.  How many [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Paper Looks at &#8220;Black Market Capital&#8221; in the Hedge Fund &amp; Private Equity Markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/13/new-paper-looks-at-black-market-capital-in-the-hedge-fund-private-equity-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/13/new-paper-looks-at-black-market-capital-in-the-hedge-fund-private-equity-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/13/new-paper-looks-at-black-market-capital-in-the-hedge-fund-private-equity-industries/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lengthy paper released earlier this week argues that hedge funds and private equity funds need to be deregulated to stop an emerging "black market" for their wares.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/13/new-paper-looks-at-black-market-capital-in-the-hedge-fund-private-equity-industries/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Two new studies reveal secret sauce used by activist hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/28/two-new-studies-reveal-secret-sauce-used-by-activist-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/28/two-new-studies-reveal-secret-sauce-used-by-activist-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/28/two-new-studies-reveal-secret-sauce-used-by-activist-hedge-funds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent studies support the notion that hedge funds make good shareholder activists - but not for the reasons you might guess.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: A Demon of Our Own Design (Bookstaber)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/22/book-review-a-demon-of-our-own-design-bookstaber/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/22/book-review-a-demon-of-our-own-design-bookstaber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/22/book-review-a-demon-of-our-own-design-bookstaber/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Showing an uncanny sense of timing, academic and hedge fund manager Richard Bookstaber delivers a dire warning about today's financial system.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/22/book-review-a-demon-of-our-own-design-bookstaber/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prime brokerages take it on the chin again</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/15/prime-brokerages-take-it-on-the-chin-again/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/15/prime-brokerages-take-it-on-the-chin-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/15/prime-brokerages-take-it-on-the-chin-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's Economist takes swipes at prime brokerages for conflicts of interest, being too concentrated and (ironically) contributing to volatility by de-levering.  Are they being fair?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/08/15/prime-brokerages-take-it-on-the-chin-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do hedge funds cause systemic risk after all?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/31/revisiting-the-hedge-funds-cause-systemic-risk-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/31/revisiting-the-hedge-funds-cause-systemic-risk-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/31/revisiting-the-hedge-funds-cause-systemic-risk-debate/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The systemic risk to the financial system posed by hedge funds has been downplayed over the past year by regulators and legislators from several countries.  But with the sub-prime meltdown and the publishing of a new book by a consummate industry insider, the topic of hedge fund-induced contagions has forced its way back onto the media&#8217;s agenda.
To begin [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Active 130/30 Contractions: Moving Long/Short Strategies into 130/30 Space</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/10/active-13030-contractions-moving-longshort-strategies-into-13030-space/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/10/active-13030-contractions-moving-longshort-strategies-into-13030-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Morgan Stanley
Published: July 2007
Abstract: This Note addresses how L/S strategies can be ‘contracted’ into active extension (AE) formats in order to be relocated within the traditional equity bucket. The short portfolio exposure is likely to undergo the most significant change in the transformation of an L/S fund into an AE with a 100% net [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&quot;Bundled&quot; Portable Alpha: A Bridge Across The Portable Alpha Chasm?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/04/bundled-portable-alpha-a-bridge-across-the-portable-alpha-chasm/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/04/bundled-portable-alpha-a-bridge-across-the-portable-alpha-chasm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/04/bundled-portable-alpha-a-bridge-across-the-portable-alpha-chasm/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While nearly all institutional investors are now clear about the benefits of portable alpha, many are still put off by its often complex mechanics.  Unlike a simple active long-only mandate, a portable alpha strategy can often involve multiple accounts, the assumption of counterparty risk when using swaps for beta exposure, and cash management and rebalancing due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gone Fishing</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/04/gone-fishing/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/04/gone-fishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AllAboutAlpha.com turns one today.  What a perfect time to reflect back on the past year by reading all 130,000 alpha-centric words on our blogolicious website.  (Like watching an entire season of "24" on DVD.)  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Celluloid Arb</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/13/cellulose-arb/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/13/cellulose-arb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The media has fallen for stories involving hedge funds and Hollywood in 2007.  Last week saw another launch of a fund that invests in individual movies.  So how do you calculate the "alpha" of a movie?]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Bernstein&#8217;s Personal Hall of Fame</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/03/peter-bernsteins-personal-hall-of-fame/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/03/peter-bernsteins-personal-hall-of-fame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Bernstein's new book "Capital Ideas Evolving" is built on a foundation of interviews with approximately 20 individuals that Bernstein feels represent the recent evolution of financial theory.]]></description>
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		<title>Hold the phone: New list of big hedge funds looks quite different</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/29/hold-the-phone-new-list-of-big-hedge-funds-looks-quite-different/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/29/hold-the-phone-new-list-of-big-hedge-funds-looks-quite-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 01:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha Magazine recently published a list of the world's largest hedge funds.  This week, Pensions &#038; Investments releases a different list that includes the largest managers of hedge funds for US pensions &#038; foundations.    ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABN AMRO&#8217;s Asset Management Business: A moment of truth for Barclays</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/21/abn-amros-asset-management-business-a-moment-of-truth-for-barclays/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/21/abn-amros-asset-management-business-a-moment-of-truth-for-barclays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/21/abn-amros-asset-management-business-a-moment-of-truth-for-barclays/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like BoNY M will have to update its list of trillionaires.  Number one UBS ($2.016t) is being trumped by Barclay&#8217;s / ABN AMRO ($2.058t).  But the difference is &#8220;razor thin&#8221; at a mere $42 billion (a tad larger than the GDP of Kenya for those keeping score at home).
While it&#8217;s nice to manage more [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Smart Money Going to Portable Alpha: Conference Attendees</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/smart-money-going-to-portable-alpha-conference-attendees/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/smart-money-going-to-portable-alpha-conference-attendees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/07/smart-money-going-to-portable-alpha-conference-attendees/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[February 7, 2007 (Geneva) - AllAboutAlpha.com contributor Mark Baumgartner of Morgan Stanley says that Portable Alpha is on the minds of attendees of this year&#8217;s Institutional Fund Management conference in Geneva today.  Baumgartner reports the results of an electronic poll of audience members conducted this morning during a session entitled &#8220;Predicting Where the Smart Money is Going: [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge Funds on the &#8220;Global Agenda&#8221; at Davos</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/26/hedge-funds-on-the-global-agenda-at-davos/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/26/hedge-funds-on-the-global-agenda-at-davos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/26/hedge-funds-on-the-global-agenda-at-davos/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is a media outlet&#8217;s dream.  With hundreds of CEOs, academics, public figures and leaders of civil society in one place, interviews are easy to set up and chance meetings in the hallway are common.  So with the surfeit of news and blog postings already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning theory into reality</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/19/turning-theory-into-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/19/turning-theory-into-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Hugo Greenhalgh, FT Mandate
Published: November 2006
FT published a good overview of portable alpha in November.  It&#8217;s a follow-up to FT Mandate&#8217;s June 2006 piece called &#8220;Portable alpha gains widespread acceptance&#8220;.
A Disruptive Financial Technology
Greenhalgh suggests the development of new financial technologies is enabling portable alpha:
&#8220;With financial instruments such as swaps becoming more widely accepted, the notion of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pitfalls &amp; Risks In Portable Alpha Implementations</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/09/pitfalls-risks-in-portable-alpha-implementations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/09/pitfalls-risks-in-portable-alpha-implementations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
Published: January 2007
Abstract: Anything that is new or not well understood has a high unknown risk component. Anything perceived to be uncontrollable or to have potentially catastrophic consequences has a high dread risk component. As an example, compare the risk perception of two energy sources: coal power and nuclear power.
   
   
]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy Claims Equity Returns, Bond Volatility</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/04/strategy-claims-equity-returns-bond-volatility/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/04/strategy-claims-equity-returns-bond-volatility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/04/strategy-claims-equity-returns-bond-volatility/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Joel Chernoff, Pensions &#38; Investments
Published: December 25, 2006
Everyone head to the cafeteria, SEI is serving up a &#8220;free lunch&#8221;!  The firm has introduced a new strategy that forsakes higher volatility stocks in favour of their lower volatility brethren.  It&#8217;s tasty and doesn&#8217;t give you heartburn according to the firm.  As you might guess, the strategy underperforms the index [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Putnam: ETFs a &#8220;Disruptive Technology&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/29/donald-putnam-etfs-a-disruptive-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/29/donald-putnam-etfs-a-disruptive-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/29/donald-putnam-etfs-a-disruptive-technology/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Cecily O&#8217;Connor, Pensions &#38; Investments
Published: December 25, 2006
When Donald Putnam (co-founder of Putnam Lovell) speaks, people listen.  So when he brands ETFs a &#8220;disruptive technology&#8221;, you know someone is in for a rough ride.  In this case, it&#8217;s mutual funds.  Like Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Mark Baumgartner and like us at AllAboutAlpha, Putnam views recent financial trends as fundamental game-changing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I know what you did last summer&#8230;you wrote a paper lambasting portable alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/13/i-know-what-you-did-last-summeryou-wrote-a-paper-lambasting-portable-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/13/i-know-what-you-did-last-summeryou-wrote-a-paper-lambasting-portable-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Inefficiencies of Portable Alpha Models&#8221;
By: Eric Murphy, Princeton University
Published: July 29, 2006
Ah, those hazy lazy days of your college summers.  Summer jobs, parties, weekends at the beach, writing portable alpha research papers.
Princeton undergraduate student Eric Murphy did just this, finishing off his clearly worded, logical argument against portable alpha in the dog days of last summer.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portable Alpha: A Practitioner&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/13/portable-alpha-a-practitioners-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/13/portable-alpha-a-practitioners-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jack Coates &#038; Mark Baumgartner, Morgan Stanley
Published: July 2006, Euromoney Asset Management &#038; Trading Handbook 2006 / 2007
&#8220;Every now and then, there is a development in the world of finance that results in a major paradigm shift.&#8221;
&#8220;As with any new idea or methodology, there is an incubation period during which the idea is vetted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Attacks, Fast Food, Bad Drivers and No Place to Hide</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/12/shark-attacks-fast-food-bad-drivers-and-no-place-to-hide/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/12/shark-attacks-fast-food-bad-drivers-and-no-place-to-hide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/12/shark-attacks-fast-food-bad-drivers-and-no-place-to-hide/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the final dispatch from Alpha Male&#8217;s road trip to Institutional Investor&#8217;s Alpha Generation Forum in New York last week.
I&#8217;d be the first to admit alpha centric investing (portable alpha, active overlays, 1X0/X0 strategies, hedge funds, ETFs etc.) can be brutally boring sometimes.
But to their credit, the speakers at this event kept us all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling in it</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/11/21/rolling-in-it/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/11/21/rolling-in-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/11/21/rolling-in-it/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: The Economist
Published: November 18, 2006
The Economist has been a willing participant in the tarring of the hedge fund industry for some time.  However, this article marks a departure, in our opinion, from the magazine&#8217;s usual anti-hedge fund stance.
Still, the Economist obviously could not resist taking the usual jabs: 
&#8220;There is an old Wall Street story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GTAA Morphs into Hedge Fund Space</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/11/14/gtaa-morphs-into-hedge-fund-space/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/11/14/gtaa-morphs-into-hedge-fund-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/11/14/gtaa-morphs-into-hedge-fund-space/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Rachel Alembakis, Global Pensions
Published: October 2006
The addition of active currency management to a portfolio is often referred to as Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA).  At the risk of oversimplifying the strategy, a GTAA manager over-weights countries she likes and under-weights those she does not.  In essence, the manager runs a long/short overlay not too dissimilar to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JOB POSTING: Portable Alpha Project Manager / Vice President</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/18/job-posting-portable-alpha-project-manager-vice-president/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/18/job-posting-portable-alpha-project-manager-vice-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/18/job-posting-portable-alpha-project-manager-vice-president/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Location: Philadelphia, USA
Company: &#8220;Prestigious national investment firm&#8221; *
Job Posted/Updated: September 18, 2006
Following Citigroup&#8217;s lead (see posting: Citigroup hires new COO of portable alpha), this un-named firm has taken the progressive step of seeking a portable alpha czar.  Judging from the job description (excerpt below), this firm recognizes the unique, interdisciplinary skill-set required to coordinate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Returns and Active Extensions</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/08/15/alpha-returns-and-active-extensions/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/08/15/alpha-returns-and-active-extensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Morgan Stanley
Published: August 2006
Abstract: The relaxation of the long-only constraint within equity portfolios and the subsequent move into an active extension “120/20 strategy” can lead to material improvements in both alpha returns and alpha/tracking error (TEV) ratios. These potential benefits can be estimated by combining an alpha ranking system, a position weighting function, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Ranking Models and 120/20 Short Extension Strategies</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/05/15/alpha-ranking-models-and-12020-short-extension-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/05/15/alpha-ranking-models-and-12020-short-extension-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 21:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Morgan Stanley
Published: May 2006
Abstract: Alpha ranking models can be useful for analyzing alternative structures for both long-only and long/short portfolios. With short extension portfolios, the alpha ranking model can also help determine the number of active short positions that should be taken. At some point, the incremental benefit in portfolio alpha will fall below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Asset Allocation with Portfolios of Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2002/12/01/strategic-asset-allocation-with-portfolios-of-hedge-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Drago Indjic (Fauchier Partners)
Published: December 2002
Abstract: What is the best way to construct a portfolio of hedge funds to supplement a portfolio with or without other alternative investments? Is it possible to optimise strategy mix to improve risk profile? The Wall Street Journal of December 2000 reported that several investment banks advised clients to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Asset Managers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2000/07/19/other-asset-managers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2000 02:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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Other Asset Managers
First Quadrant
Goldman Sachs (Active Alpha Investing)
Integra Capital (Alpha Beta Strategies)
Morgan Stanley (Alternative Investment Partners &#8211; Portable Alpha)
Northwater Capital
PanAgora
Research Affiliates
RMF (Portable Alpha)
State Street Global Advisors (Absolute Return)
Strategic Group
Fitzpatricks Financial Advisers 
If you would like to add your company name to this list, please contact us by email and we will add it during our regular [...]]]></description>
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