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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Due to funds’ lack of persistence, the Sharpe ratio has no validity as an investment decision tool</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/29/alternative-viewpoints-due-to-funds%e2%80%99-lack-of-persistence-the-sharpe-ratio-has-no-validity-as-an-investment-decision-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been many studies on hedge fund manager return “persistence”.  Persistence, after all, is a necessary precondition for the existence of alpha.  Like alpha itself, you might expect that the persistence of a good Sharpe ratio may be possible in less mature (more informationally inefficient) markets.  But a new study by Siewling Lay, CAIA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Using the Modified Sharpe &amp; Information Ratios</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/02/alternative-viewpoints-using-the-modified-sharpe-information-ratios/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/02/alternative-viewpoints-using-the-modified-sharpe-information-ratios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this month's "Alternative Viewpoints" column, BNY Mellon's Neil Kotecha explains one of the reasons why the Sharpe Ratio isn't so sharp after all.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: When it comes to transparency, institutional investors are being treated as &#8220;second class citizens&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/23/guest-column-when-it-comes-to-transparency-institutional-investors-are-being-treated-as-second-class-citizens/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/23/guest-column-when-it-comes-to-transparency-institutional-investors-are-being-treated-as-second-class-citizens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Steve Deutsch of Morningstar says that despite all the talk of "transparency", the micro-economics of the institutional investment industry often prevent the message from getting through.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: The Ascendancy of Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-ascendancy-of-risk-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-ascendancy-of-risk-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As GAIM Ops comes to a close, Abdul Sheikh, CAIA, of State Street argues that independent fund administration is now a no brainer.   ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Monetizing hedge fund transparency</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/monetizing-hedge-fund-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/monetizing-hedge-fund-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would life be like with full hedge fund transparency?  For clues, you needn't look much further than the US requirement to submit "13F" filings.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Alternative Investments in India &#8211; Regulatory easing, growth in private equity, and new real estate opportunities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian economy has been in the news a lot recently.  But what about alternative investments in the sub-continent?]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Survivors to Benefit from &#8220;Hedge Fund Industry Life Cycle&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/04/survivors-to-benefit-from-hedge-fund-industry-life-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/04/survivors-to-benefit-from-hedge-fund-industry-life-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Tommaso Sanzin, CAIA says that the natural ebbs and (asset) flows of the hedge fund industry will yield more untapped opportunities and fewer unskilled managers. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: A &#8220;Golden Age&#8221; of higher returns, new managers &amp; smaller funds on its way</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/douglas-issues-bold-hf-forecast-golden-age-of-higher-returns-new-managers-smaller-funds-on-its-way/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/douglas-issues-bold-hf-forecast-golden-age-of-higher-returns-new-managers-smaller-funds-on-its-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Douglas, the widely-quoted hedge fund consultant and manager, forecasts golden times ahead for the hedge fund industry - at least, for those who survive.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: When the &#8220;100 year flood&#8221; really is a 100 year flood&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/02/catastrophe-bonds-when-the-100-year-flood-really-is-a-100-year-flood/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/02/catastrophe-bonds-when-the-100-year-flood-really-is-a-100-year-flood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the insurance industry in enough trouble as it is, are "cat-bonds" the way forward?]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Pension buyouts can make the bailout plan look small</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/05/comment-pension-buyouts-make-the-bailout-plan-look-small/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/05/comment-pension-buyouts-make-the-bailout-plan-look-small/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite complaints about Henry Paulson, Alan Greenspan, and Ben Bernanke, the real problems in today's financial system began with German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Higher Moment&#8221; Betas</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/26/alternative-viewpoints-higher-moment-betas/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/26/alternative-viewpoints-higher-moment-betas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought beta was a pretty down-to-earth concept?  That's what we thought too...]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Commodities not about &#8220;buy and hold&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/29/alternative-viewpoints-commodities-not-about-buy-and-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/29/alternative-viewpoints-commodities-not-about-buy-and-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is little doubt that commodities are hot.  But as Keith Black, CAIA, argues: investors must move well beyond simple "buy and hold" strategies.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Raining on the weather/return correlation parade</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/29/academic-rains-on-weatherreturn-correlation-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/29/academic-rains-on-weatherreturn-correlation-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 01:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've all heard the old adage "Sell in May and go away".  One academic determines if the weather is the source of this apparent market anomaly.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Survey of hedge fund professionals finds 130/30 &#8220;minor discussion within larger context&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/04/survey-of-hedge-fund-professionals-13030-minor-discussion-within-larger-context/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/04/survey-of-hedge-fund-professionals-13030-minor-discussion-within-larger-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several surveys have probed investors and managers about 130/30.  But a new poll of nearly 500 alternative investment professionals contains some new insights. ]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Sustainable Hedge Fund Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/31/alternative-viewpoints-sustainable-hedge-fund-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/31/alternative-viewpoints-sustainable-hedge-fund-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying persistent returns can be done with the naked eye.  But identifying persistent alpha?  That's a different ball game according one researcher. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: &#8220;Liquidity Insurance&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/03/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/03/alternative-viewpoints-liquidity-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's "Alternative Viewpoints...powered by CAIA" Konstantin Danilov proposes a new type of security that might address the illiquidity risks inherent in individual positions.]]></description>
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		<title>Replication de fonds de couverture</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/04/alternative-viewpoints-replication-de-fonds-de-couverture/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/04/alternative-viewpoints-replication-de-fonds-de-couverture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Saint-Laurent, head of the Canadian Chapter of the CAIA Association tells us why his hometown of Montreal seems to always be punching above its weight. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: 130/30 &#8220;not monolithic&#8221; but does represent a &#8220;convergence&#8221; in money management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/01/morningstars-deutsch-13030-not-monolithic-but-does-represent-a-convergence-in-money-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/01/morningstars-deutsch-13030-not-monolithic-but-does-represent-a-convergence-in-money-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morningstar's Steve Deutsch has a bird's-eye view of the burgeoning 1X0/X0 field.  Today, he shares this perspective, concluding that money managers are stealing a page from the telecom playbook.]]></description>
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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>
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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>Alternative Viewpoints: Being like Jesse James</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/09/30/alternative-viewpoints-being-like-jesse-james/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIA Association member, Ryan Teal, says hedge funds ought to take inspiration from Jesse James when addressing hedge fund replication, "Do you want to be LIKE me?  Or do you want to BE me?"]]></description>
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