The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® is an independent, not-for-profit global organization committed to education and professionalism in the field of alternative investments. Founded in 2002, the Association is the sponsoring body for the CAIA designation. Recognized globally, the designation certifies one’s mastery of the concepts, tools and practices essential for understanding alternative investments and promotes adherence to high standards of professional conduct.

The CAIA Association is pleased to offer this compilation of CAIA member entries from AllAboutAlpha.com, one of the world’s most popular blogs focused on alternative investments.  Founded by a CAIA member, the site covers many of the topics found in the CAIA curriculum in the unique style characteristic of a “blog”.

The entries listed below archive the column “Alternative Viewpoints,” which are written exclusively by CAIA Association members.  This column aims to provide the thoughtful and reasoned opinions typical of CAIA members on the various topics covered by AllAboutAlpha.

• Due to funds’ lack of persistence, the Sharpe ratio has no validity as an investment decision tool by SiewLing Lay, CAIA (Oct 29, 2009)
• Using the Modified Sharpe & Information Ratios by Neil Kotecha, CAIA (Sep 2, 2009)
• When it comes to transparency, institutional investors are being treated as “second class citizens” by Steve Deutsch (Jul 23, 2009)
• The Ascendancy of Risk Management by Abdul Sheikh (Apr 30, 2009)
• Monetizing hedge fund transparency by Mebane Faber, CAIA, CMT (Mar 3, 2009)
• Alternative Investments in India – Regulatory easing, growth in private equity, and new real estate opportunities by James Burron, CAIA (Feb 2, 2009)
• Survivors to Benefit from “Hedge Fund Industry Life Cycle” by Tommaso Sanzin, CAIA (Jan 4, 2009)
• A “Golden Age” of higher returns, new managers & smaller funds on its way by Peter Douglas, CAIA (Nov 30, 200
• When the “100 year flood” really is a 100 year flood…  by Robert Koller-vernot, CAIA (Nov 2, 2008)
• Pension buyouts can make the bailout plan look small by Dr. Bob Swarup, CAIA (Oct 5, 2008)
• Commodities not about “buy and hold” by Keith Black, CFA, CAIA (Jun 29, 2008)
• Survey of hedge fund professionals finds 130/30 “minor discussion within larger context” by Dr. Kathryn Wilkens, Ph.D., CAIA (May 4, 2008)
• Sustainable Hedge Fund Performance by Dr. Daniel Copocci, CAIA (Mar 31, 2008
• “Liquidity Insurance” by Konstantin Danilov, CAIA (Mar 3, 2008)
• 130/30 “not monolithic” but does represent a “convergence” in money management by Steve Deutsch, CFA, CAIA (Jan 1, 2008)
• “Liquidity Alpha” by Ranjan Bhaduri, Ph.D., CFA, CAIA (Nov 27, 2007)