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	<title>AllAboutAlpha.com &#187; Search Results  &#187;  ineichen</title>
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		<title>The Ineichen Dialogues Act III: Life is Like a Box of Chocolates</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/31/the-ineichen-dialogues-act-iii-life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/31/the-ineichen-dialogues-act-iii-life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Alexander Ineichen.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a bear named Winnie-the-Bear who lived in the Trillion Acre Wood. On some level, he was a silly old bear. Nevertheless, he was wondering what the fuss about hedge funds was all about. He invited his two best friends, George Jones, the famous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ineichen Dialogues Act II: LaRasmussteinmontians in Yellowstone Park</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-ineichen-dialogues-act-ii-larasmussteinmontians-in-yellowstone-park/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-ineichen-dialogues-act-ii-larasmussteinmontians-in-yellowstone-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, we bring you Act II of Alexander Ineichen&#8217;s &#8220;Ineichen Dialogues&#8221; (Act I here)  In it, his three characters Winnie-the -Bear, George Jones and Ben Put discuss recent developments in the financial world with the kind of clarity your children will surely appreciate (pdf version).

By: Alexander Ineichen, CFA, CAIA
Once upon a time, not so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ineichen Dialogues: A Green Pig Down Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/28/the-ineichen-dialogues-a-green-pig-down-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/28/the-ineichen-dialogues-a-green-pig-down-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will recognize the name Alexander Ineichen from his book Asymmetric Returns (see related post) and from his several popular monographs on the &#8220;Search for Alpha&#8221;.  CAIA charter holders may also recognize his name from the bottom of their charter &#8211; he is a board member of the CAIA Association.
If you&#8217;ve read any of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Data in new UBS report supports Bernanke&#8217;s view that HF leverage not a top concern</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/26/data-in-new-ubs-report-supports-bernankes-view-that-hf-leverage-not-a-top-concern/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/26/data-in-new-ubs-report-supports-bernankes-view-that-hf-leverage-not-a-top-concern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke showed up at his annual Humphrey Hawkins testimony to talk about the risks posed by banks - specifically big banks.  But what at least one Senator was just as concerned about another kind of institution.  ]]></description>
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		<title>November (Pre-Madoff) HF returns were just getting back on line</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/17/november-pre-madoff-hf-returns-were-just-getting-back-on-line/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/17/november-pre-madoff-hf-returns-were-just-getting-back-on-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editor's Pick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Asset-weighted hedge fund indexes are beginning to factor in the various Madoff feeder funds, causing massive drop-offs in performance - particularly in market neutral sub-indexes.  So do we now need a new "No Bernie" index?]]></description>
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		<title>Fee-conomics</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/08/fee-conomics/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/08/fee-conomics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years, hedge funds have enjoyed pricing power.  The second half of 2008 has changed all that and has ushered in an era of not just lower, but "differentiated", fee structures.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>On the road to alpha, it&#8217;s okay to ask for directions</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/05/on-the-road-to-alpha-its-okay-to-ask-for-directions/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/05/on-the-road-to-alpha-its-okay-to-ask-for-directions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With acrimony over hedge funds reaching a feverish pitch, AIMA has just released a major report that tries to take a step back from the brink to revisit the very rationale for alternative investments.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/05/on-the-road-to-alpha-its-okay-to-ask-for-directions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>AIMA&#8217;s Roadmap to Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/aimas-roadmap-to-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/aimas-roadmap-to-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Alexander Ineichen (UBS) and Kurt Silberstein (CalPERS)
Published: November 2008
Abstract: In the first section of the roadmap, there is an introduction to and definition of hedge funds together with information on its growth, the overall returns, breakdown of strategies and manager locations, flow of funds and comparison to other asset classes. This section answers the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alexander Ineichen</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/15/alexander-ineichen/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/15/alexander-ineichen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hall of Fame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practitioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who's Who]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alexander Ineichen
Managing Director and Senior Investment Officer at UBS Alternative Investment Solutions. Author of Absolute Returns &#38; Asymmetric Returns.  Board of Directors of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA).
Bio (CAIA)
UBS Alternative &#38; Quantitative Investments 
Asymmetric Returns (2006)
Absolute Returns (2002)
Relevant Postings (AllAboutAlpha.com)
]]></description>
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		<title>Leading academics on Freud, finance and &#8220;quacks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/04/leading-academics-on-freud-finance-and-quacks/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/04/leading-academics-on-freud-finance-and-quacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/04/leading-academics-on-freud-finance-and-quacks/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peyton Young smoothed the ruffled feathers of hedge fund managers today while emotional finance pioneer Richard Taffler showed how we are all "paranoid-schizoid". 








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		<title>Skeptics to hedge fund managers: Your alpha has been faked!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/03/skeptics-to-hedge-fund-managers-your-alpha-has-been-faked/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/03/skeptics-to-hedge-fund-managers-your-alpha-has-been-faked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/03/skeptics-to-hedge-fund-managers-your-alpha-has-been-faked/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a debate brewing in the hedge fund community right now over an academic paper on hedge fund alpha.  Here's what you need to know.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ineichen looks back (way back) to see future</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/26/ineichen-looks-back-way-back-to-see-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/26/ineichen-looks-back-way-back-to-see-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/26/ineichen-looks-back-way-back-to-see-forward/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for something a little different to read this holiday season?  UBS's Alexander Ineichen continues to mix history, philosophy, literature and finance and we've got his latest thinking.]]></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>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hey! Who are you saying has a &#8216;fat tail&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/10/hey-who-are-you-saying-has-a-fat-tail/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/10/hey-who-are-you-saying-has-a-fat-tail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 01:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/10/hey-who-are-you-saying-has-a-fat-tail/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kurtosis (a.k.a. "fat tails") is definitely a useful weapon in the risk-assessment arsenal.  But if used in isolation, it can be misleading at best.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge Funds: Myths &amp; Facts</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/22/hedge-funds-myths-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/22/hedge-funds-myths-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/22/hedge-funds-myths-facts/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Easterling, author and adjunct faculty at Southern Methodist Universityâ€™s Cox School of Business writes a handy paper on "hedge fund myths".  A must read for those seeking balance in hedge fund reporting.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Schneeweis on Alpha, the SEC and Hedge Fund Replication</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/11/schneeweis-on-alpha-the-sec-and-hedge-fund-replication/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/11/schneeweis-on-alpha-the-sec-and-hedge-fund-replication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/11/schneeweis-on-alpha-the-sec-and-hedge-fund-replication/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this second half of AllAboutAlpha's recent interview with The Editor of the Journal of Alternative Investments, we ask Prof. Schneeweis about Alpha, hedge fund replication and the SEC.]]></description>
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		<title>When hiring a fund manager with a conviction can be a good thing.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/01/when-hiring-a-convicted-fund-manager-can-be-a-good-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/01/when-hiring-a-convicted-fund-manager-can-be-a-good-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/01/when-hiring-a-convicted-fund-manager-can-be-a-good-thing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;High conviction&#8221;. The very term conjures up images of Martha Stewart, Bernie Ebbers or some hedge fund blow up. But the term is also being used to describe an emerging alpha-centric approach to investing.  In this case, however, &#8220;high conviction&#8221; refers to the manager&#8217;s belief in their stock picks, not to the likelihood of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist throws out alpha baby with beta bathwater</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/18/columnist-throws-out-alpha-baby-with-beta-bathwater/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/18/columnist-throws-out-alpha-baby-with-beta-bathwater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/18/columnist-throws-out-alpha-baby-with-beta-bathwater/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg&#8217;s Chet Currier is generally in tune with alpha-centric investing.  In a column last fall, he quite correctly observed:
The very model of a mutual fund is indeed outmoded, argues a large and growing group of financial researchers and professional money managers who are busy describing, building and proselytizing for a different way of doing things&#8230;The alpha-beta community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All About Alpha Exclusive: An interview with Alexander Ineichen, author of &#8220;Asymmetric Returns&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/07/all-about-alpha-exclusive-an-interview-with-alexander-ineichen-author-of-asymmetric-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/07/all-about-alpha-exclusive-an-interview-with-alexander-ineichen-author-of-asymmetric-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With their perfectly-timed trains and neatly-arranged homes, the Swiss are big fans of symmetry.  This makes UBS&#8217;s resident hedge fund guru Alexander Ineichen all the more of an anomaly.  His book Asymmetric Returns has been garnering a lot of attention not because it espouses order and regularity, but because it so vocally challenges the status quo, refutes conventional wisdom and, well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Managers Glorified Coin-Tossers?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/03/hedge-fund-managers-glorified-coin-tossers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/03/hedge-fund-managers-glorified-coin-tossers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To the point: Hedge funds have no science but to bet on heads or tails&#8221;
By: Edmond Warner, Daily Telegraph
Published: February 1, 2007
This article suggests that hedge funds, under pressure to perform, are simply levering-up 50/50 (&#8221;fair&#8221;) bets.  According to its author, hedge funds use &#8220;pseudo-scientific investment models that are no more than cottage industry gambles&#8221;. Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Bad News for Mutual Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/25/more-bad-news-for-mutual-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/25/more-bad-news-for-mutual-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Improved Study Finds Index Management Usually Outperforms Active Management&#8221;
By: Millicent Holmes, Brownson, Rehmus &#38; Foxworth Inc.
Published: Journal of Financial Planning, January 2007
The debate over whether hedge funds produce any alpha is essentially the same as the age-old debate between active and passive management.  This recent piece of research weights in on the state of actively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Harry Kat Speaks Out: Hedge Fund &#8220;Replication&#8221; a Misnomer</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/19/professor-harry-kat-speaks-out-hedge-fund-replication-a-misnomer/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/19/professor-harry-kat-speaks-out-hedge-fund-replication-a-misnomer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Harry Kat of City University, London has the hedge fund industry in a tizzy about what has become known as his hedge fund &#8220;replication&#8221; technique.  Today, he straightens out the record with the following statement:
&#8220;Since the launch of FundCreator we have received various emails from people who, put simply, stated that &#8216;You guys are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Business Model &#8211; Ever</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/15/the-best-business-model-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/15/the-best-business-model-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third and final posting on Alexander Ineichen&#8217;s new book Asymmetric Returns.  In it, Ineichen argues that alpha is the result, not of security-selection per se, but of downside risk mitigation.  He rounds out the 300-page book with a discussion of the implications for asset managers and the future of alpha.
A License to Print Money
What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMAs: Base Camp for Wealth Managers to Scale Mt. Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/10/umas-base-camp-for-individual-investors-to-scale-mt-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/10/umas-base-camp-for-individual-investors-to-scale-mt-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;SMAs grow up and learn to play nicely in the advisory community&#8221;
By: Janet Aschkenasy, Wealth Manager Magazine
Published: January 1, 2007
While institutional investors have been busy debating the merits of bifurcating alpha and beta, the wealth management industry has inadvertently stumbled upon an enabling technology that may someday bring alpha-centric investing to the masses.  New information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Financial &#8220;Period of Enlightenment&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/09/a-financial-period-of-enlightenment/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/09/a-financial-period-of-enlightenment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second of three postings we plan on Alexander Ineichen&#8217;s new book Asymmetric Returns.  In it, Ineichen argues that alpha is the result, not of security-selection per se, but of downside risk mitigation.  Ineichen argues that we are experiencing a &#8220;paradigm shift&#8221; or &#8220;period of enlightenment&#8221; in asset management.  So if you like this blog, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Net Inflows and Time-Varying Alphas: The Case of Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/08/net-inflows-and-time-varying-alphas-the-case-of-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/08/net-inflows-and-time-varying-alphas-the-case-of-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Andrea Beltratti, Bocconi University &#38; Claudio Morana, ICER &#38; Michigan State University
Published: October 1, 2006
Remember that kid on your block who used to get kicks out of handing you a garden hose on a hot summer day, then cranking the faucet to &#8220;full&#8221; in an attempt to squeeze the insides of your head out your eye-sockets?  If any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ineichen: &#8220;No Skill Involved&#8221; in Managing Most Mutual Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/03/ineichen-no-skill-involved-in-managing-most-mutual-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/03/ineichen-no-skill-involved-in-managing-most-mutual-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you in the hedge fund industry will recognize the name Alexander Ineichen. Ineichen has written several of the studies that form the foundation of today&#8217;s alpha-centric investing paradigm. Last month his new book, Asymmetric Returns hit book stores. We mentioned it on this blog and promptly reserved the first available copy to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asymmetric Returns</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/14/asymmetric-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/14/asymmetric-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Asymmetric Returns
Author: Alexander Ineichen
Published: October 2006
From Publisher: In Asymmetric Returns, financial expert Alexander Ineichen elevates the critical discussion about alpha versus beta and absolute returns versus relative returns. He argues that controlling downside volatility is a key element in asset management if sustainable positive compounding of capital and financial survival are major objectives. Achieving sustainable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relatively Asymmetrical (an interview with Alexander Ineichen)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/25/relatively-asymmetrical-an-interview-with-alexander-ineichen/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/25/relatively-asymmetrical-an-interview-with-alexander-ineichen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Christina Grotheer, CFA Magazine
Published: September/October, 2006
&#8220;I think the last five years have resulted in an industry-wide bifurcation of alpha and beta.&#8221; 
        &#8211; Alexander Ineichen, Senior Investmet Officer, UBS Global Asset Management
Few would dispute that Alexander Ineichen is a titan of the hedge fund industry and a prophet of alpha-centric investing.  He was the author of UBS&#8217;s most re-printed [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2002/12/01/strategic-asset-allocation-with-portfolios-of-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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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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