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	<title>AllAboutAlpha.com &#187; Institutional Investing</title>
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		<title>Pennsylvania pension fund examines birds of two very different feathers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/10/pennsylvania-pension-fund-examines-birds-of-two-very-different-feathers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/10/pennsylvania-pension-fund-examines-birds-of-two-very-different-feathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent decision taken by one large pension to invest in two alpha-centric strategies is notable for several reasons.  Chief among them is the fact that one is from a hedge fund manager while one is from a traditional manager. ]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest winners in financial calamity: Investment consultants</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/08/biggest-winners-in-financial-calamity-investment-consultants/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/08/biggest-winners-in-financial-calamity-investment-consultants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:43 +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=10447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guess who totally underestimated the amount of business they would see in 2009...]]></description>
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		<title>Asset managers rockin&#8217; down the M&amp;A highway&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/rockin-down-the-ma-highway/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/rockin-down-the-ma-highway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset Managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Merger and acquisition activity in the asset management space continues to rev up, according to a new report. But the reasons behind the activity aren't all positive.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Despite regulators&#8217; concerns about placement agents, third-party marketing industry alive and well</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/17/despite-regulators-concerns-about-placement-agents-third-party-marketing-industry-alive-and-well/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/17/despite-regulators-concerns-about-placement-agents-third-party-marketing-industry-alive-and-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3PM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[third-party marketers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new survey points to new trends in the third party marketing space, most notably the re-emergence of third-party marketers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>New data shows that thanks to alternative investments, endowments did relatively well in 2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/04/new-data-shows-that-thanks-to-alternative-investments-endowments-did-relatively-well-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/04/new-data-shows-that-thanks-to-alternative-investments-endowments-did-relatively-well-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endowment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sure, US university endowments took a dive last year.  But a closer look reveals that, on the whole, alternative investments were a help, not a hindrance.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>2010 Consultant Search Forecast</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/01/2010-consultant-search-forecast/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/01/2010-consultant-search-forecast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Casey Quirk
Published: February, 2010
Abstract: Our product opportunity map for 2010 compares the demand consultants anticipate for the coming year with expected demand reported in the previous year in key asset classes. Last year, polled in the midst of the unfolding financial crisis, consultants predicted rising demand for traditional asset classes—particularly core and core-plus bonds, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>On The Road Again</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/01/on-the-road-again/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/01/on-the-road-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jefferies &#38; Company, Inc.
Published: February, 2010
Introduction: 2009 was both a difficult and transformative year for the global asset management industry. The severe markets of early 2009 turned the industry on its head: long-time buyers became forced sellers, independent sellers became bystanders, private equity investors sold more than they bought and years of growth in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Capital Introduction Trends in 2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/01/capital-introduction-trends-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/01/capital-introduction-trends-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Daniel Golyanov, Carbon360
Published: February, 2010
Abstract: The appetite from investors for new investment opportunities is strong, competition for capital allocation is increasing, and as a result the industry has seen more and more funds seeking the services of third party marketers to source investors and increase their distribution networks.
Related Posts: Despite regulators’ concerns about placement [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>2010 seen to be a year of bottom fishing for institutional real estate investors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/20/2010-seen-to-be-a-year-of-bottom-fishing-for-institutional-real-estate-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/20/2010-seen-to-be-a-year-of-bottom-fishing-for-institutional-real-estate-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate investors have been reeling in empty hooks for some time.  But according to one survey of institutional investors, their may be some good fishing grounds right around the corner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Educational Endowments Returned -18.7% in FY2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/educational-endowments-returned-18-7-in-fy2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/educational-endowments-returned-18-7-in-fy2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE)
Published: January, 2010
Summary: Data gathered from American colleges and universities participating in the 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) show that these institutions’ endowments returned an average of -18.7 percent (net of fees) for the 2009 fiscal year (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009).
The average annual three-year return for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Punxsutawney Goose Lays Golden Egg: Six more weeks of &#8220;freeze&#8221; for asset management industry</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/punxsutawney-goose-lays-golden-egg-six-more-weeks-of-freeze-for-asset-management-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/punxsutawney-goose-lays-golden-egg-six-more-weeks-of-freeze-for-asset-management-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:00:55 +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=7997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a McKinsey report, the global asset management industry will eventually start producing golden eggs again.  It's just that it's suppliers will need to go on a low-gold diet first.   ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/punxsutawney-goose-lays-golden-egg-six-more-weeks-of-freeze-for-asset-management-industry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s all hedge funds&#8217; fault &#8211; again</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/its-all-hedge-funds-fault-again/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/its-all-hedge-funds-fault-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:42 +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=7952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who else to blame but hedge funds for going for low-hanging emerging markets fruit and forcing more credit crisis-inspired woes?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/its-all-hedge-funds-fault-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>More evidence that distressed debt funds are a phoenix, not a vulture</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/03/more-evidence-that-distressed-debt-funds-are-a-phoenix-not-a-vulture/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/03/more-evidence-that-distressed-debt-funds-are-a-phoenix-not-a-vulture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that distressed debt investors play a critical role in the rebirth of ailing companies.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>VC overcrowding means AUM must fall for returns to recover: Expert</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/02/vc-overcrowding-means-aum-must-fall-for-returns-to-recover-expert/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/02/vc-overcrowding-means-aum-must-fall-for-returns-to-recover-expert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +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=7169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once the dot-com boom slips out of the 10-year horizon for VC funds, reported industry returns are going to take a dive.  So what's needed to fix this sector in the long run?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/02/vc-overcrowding-means-aum-must-fall-for-returns-to-recover-expert/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>In past year, two thirds of pension funds fired an equity manager while a fifth hired an alternatives manager</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/29/in-past-year-two-thirds-of-pension-funds-fired-an-equity-manager-while-a-fifth-hired-an-alternatives-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/29/in-past-year-two-thirds-of-pension-funds-fired-an-equity-manager-while-a-fifth-hired-an-alternatives-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:42 +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=6327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A research report from consultancy Watson Wyatt finds that alternative investment allocations are on the rise, even as pension plans try to reduce risk by firing equity managers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/29/in-past-year-two-thirds-of-pension-funds-fired-an-equity-manager-while-a-fifth-hired-an-alternatives-manager/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Coming Rationalization?  Financial institutions parting ways with their asset management businesses</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/03/the-coming-rationalization-financial-institutions-parting-ways-with-their-asset-management-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/03/the-coming-rationalization-financial-institutions-parting-ways-with-their-asset-management-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:25 +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=5873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like large financial institutions are starting to dump fuel to maintain altitude...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>More &#8220;no fault divorce&#8221; clauses among signs that private equity investors gaining negotiating power</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/25/more-no-fault-divorce-clauses-among-signs-that-private-equity-investors-gaining-negotiating-power/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/25/more-no-fault-divorce-clauses-among-signs-that-private-equity-investors-gaining-negotiating-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want a divorce?  Invest in private equity and it becomes a bit easier...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/25/more-no-fault-divorce-clauses-among-signs-that-private-equity-investors-gaining-negotiating-power/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>U.S. patent officers apparently getting no vacations this summer</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/24/u-s-patent-officers-apparently-getting-no-vacations-this-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/24/u-s-patent-officers-apparently-getting-no-vacations-this-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:33 +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=5549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent patents on processes that many in the asset management industry might take for granted revive the debate about what is and what is not patentable. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>McKinsey survey finds 28% of asset managers are &#8220;depressed and in denial&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/20/mckinsey-survey-finds-28-of-asset-managers-are-depressed-and-in-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/20/mckinsey-survey-finds-28-of-asset-managers-are-depressed-and-in-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:20 +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=5623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Feeling depressed and in denial about the cost cutting ahead for your asset management business?  You're apparently not alone.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shipping as an alternative investment</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/17/shipping-as-an-alternative-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/17/shipping-as-an-alternative-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:42 +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=5524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thought shipping was just a global growth play?  Apparently, it depends on how you measure it.]]></description>
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		<title>BCG Forecast: Institutions to seek &#8220;innovative products&#8221; such as HF and PE</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/10/bcg-forecast-institutions-to-seek-innovative-products-such-as-hf-and-pe/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/10/bcg-forecast-institutions-to-seek-innovative-products-such-as-hf-and-pe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Boston Consulting Group explains why institutional investors have stuck with hedge funds and why alternative investments in general will play a key role going forward. ]]></description>
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		<title>Winds of Change: First Half 2009 M&amp;A Activity in the Asset Management, Broker/Dealer and Financial Technology Industries</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/01/winds-of-change-first-half-2009-ma-activity-in-the-asset-management-brokerdealer-and-financial-technology-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/01/winds-of-change-first-half-2009-ma-activity-in-the-asset-management-brokerdealer-and-financial-technology-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jefferies Putnam Lovell
Published: August 2009
Introduction: Riding the Roller Coaster &#8211; 2009 began with governments and central banks around the world battling a severe economic recession.  Rising unemployment, dismal corporate earnings, high credit default rates and growing deficits all suggested a long road to recovery.  Equity markets crumbled in the first two months of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report shows that some wounds recently suffered by wealth managers may have been self-inflicted</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/30/report-shows-that-some-wounds-recently-suffered-by-wealth-managers-may-have-been-self-inflicted/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/30/report-shows-that-some-wounds-recently-suffered-by-wealth-managers-may-have-been-self-inflicted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch show that wealth managers may have stopped listening to clients at exactly the wrong moment.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/30/report-shows-that-some-wounds-recently-suffered-by-wealth-managers-may-have-been-self-inflicted/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[CAIA Alternative Viewpoints Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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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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		<title>Terms and Conditions after the Crash: Changes in Private Equity Terms and Conditions Following the Credit Crunch</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/terms-and-conditions-after-the-crash-changes-in-private-equity-terms-and-conditions-following-the-credit-crunch/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/terms-and-conditions-after-the-crash-changes-in-private-equity-terms-and-conditions-following-the-credit-crunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: July 2009
From Introduction: Following the global economic downturn, numerous LPs have faced liquidity problems and many GPs have seen their portfolio companies struggle financially and fall in value. These are some of the factors that have contributed to a fundraising environment which is currently extremely competitive for most GPs. LPs are unwilling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the &#8220;flight to simplicity&#8221; economy class is full, while many business class seats appear to remain unfilled</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/30/on-the-flight-to-simplicity-economy-class-is-full-while-many-business-class-seats-appear-to-remain-unfilled/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/30/on-the-flight-to-simplicity-economy-class-is-full-while-many-business-class-seats-appear-to-remain-unfilled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new survey examines the views of pension funds regarding the future role of many alternative investments.  Despite the mantra that we are seeing a "flight to simplicity", so-called "complex" investments seems to be alive and well.]]></description>
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		<title>Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/10/right-sizing-the-u-s-venture-capital-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/10/right-sizing-the-u-s-venture-capital-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Paul Kedrosky, Senior Fellow Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Published: June 10, 2009
Introduction: The U.S. venture capital industry is at an inflection point. It has had many successes over the last three decades, and is prominent worldwide for its role in financially catalyzing notable, high-growth companies. More recently, however, venture capital returns have stagnated and declined, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Wealth Report 2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/world-wealth-report-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/world-wealth-report-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management
Published: June 2009
Introduction: Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management are pleased to present the 2009 World Wealth Report. Our annual report, now in its 13th year, was initiated as our two firms began collaborating to analyze the macroeconomic factors that drive wealth creation, and better understand the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The northern lights of pension fund management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/31/the-northern-lights-of-pension-fund-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/31/the-northern-lights-of-pension-fund-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of national pension fund management, there are two lights that shine particularly bright, and they're both from up north.]]></description>
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		<title>Placement Agent Man</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/19/placement-agent-man/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/19/placement-agent-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:50:57 +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=4675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Placement agents run for cover after recent fiasco.  But some are starting to step forward to defend the "third party marketing" business.]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating Goals, Structure, and Decision-Making at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/01/integrating-goals-structure-and-decision-making-at-canada-pension-plan-investment-board/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/01/integrating-goals-structure-and-decision-making-at-canada-pension-plan-investment-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Donald M. Raymond, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Published: Spring 2009
Abstract: In April 2006, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board began implementing an explicit value-added investment strategy. It involved developing a new risk/return accountability framework that was designed to align investment decision-making with the overall strategy and support a rapid build-up of active investment capabilities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension Fund Sophistication and Investment Policy</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/01/pension-fund-sophistication-and-investment-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/01/pension-fund-sophistication-and-investment-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jan De Dreu, Royal Bank of Scotland
Published: May 2009
Abstract: This paper assesses the sophistication of pension funds’ investment policies using data on 748 Dutch pension funds during the 1999–2006 period. We develop three indicators of sophistication: gross rounding of investment choices, investments in alternative sophisticated asset classes and ‘home bias’. We find that pension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most financial services firms are like &#8220;water companies&#8221;: IBM report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/29/most-financial-services-firms-are-like-water-companies-ibm-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/29/most-financial-services-firms-are-like-water-companies-ibm-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:47:53 +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=4526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The New World Order: water companies and alpha seekers ]]></description>
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		<title>The Hedge Fund of Tomorrow: Building an Enduring Firm</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/26/the-hedge-fund-of-tomorrow-building-an-enduring-firm/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/26/the-hedge-fund-of-tomorrow-building-an-enduring-firm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: CaseyQuirk &#38; BNY Mellon
Published: April 2009

Abstract: The hedge fund industry is facing a transformational crisis. The industry must address key shortcomings in its business and operating models in order to position itself as the future of active asset management. We forecast that hedge fund assets will reach almost $2.6 trillion by the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Institutional investors driving &#8220;the new active management&#8221;: Report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/20/institutional-investors-driving-the-new-active-management-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/20/institutional-investors-driving-the-new-active-management-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:31:36 +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=4444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Report says hedge funds are on the comeback trail - even in the "bear" scenario. ]]></description>
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		<title>This Earth Day &#8211; Reduce, Reuse, Rehypothecate</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/16/this-earth-day-reduce-reuse-rehypothecate/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/16/this-earth-day-reduce-reuse-rehypothecate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rehypothecation is a big word.  But it's really only a four-letter word according to many investors who caught up in the Lehman debacle.  Unfortunately, rehypothecation may actually be good for the (financial) environment.]]></description>
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		<title>CDS Guilt Trip</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/cds-guilt-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/cds-guilt-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage of Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Were Credit Default Swaps of symptom or a cause of AIG's downfall?  Was AIG really a "hedge fund"?  These questions and more are addressed in a new paper by the traffic cop in the "intersection of law and finance". ]]></description>
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		<title>2009 European Asset Allocation Survey</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/2009-european-asset-allocation-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/2009-european-asset-allocation-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mercer Investment Consulting
Published: April 2009
Abstract: The move from equities to bonds: Our evidence shows that as defined benefit schemes mature, they reduce their exposure to equity markets. This is particularly true for those countries that have traditionally had a high allocation to equities. For example, in both Ireland and the United Kingdom the average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toward Transparency and Sustainability: Building a New Financial Order</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/toward-transparency-and-sustainability-building-a-new-financial-order/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/toward-transparency-and-sustainability-building-a-new-financial-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Suzanne L. Duncan, Daniel W. Latimore and Shanker Ramamurthy, IBM Global Business Services
Published: April 2009
From introduction: How will the financial markets industry make money in the future? The current financial crisis has exposed the problems with creating and exploiting “pockets of opacity” across the system. If the industry is to deliver sustainable returns, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-investment-strategies-of-sovereign-wealth-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-investment-strategies-of-sovereign-wealth-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ By: Shai Bernstein (Harvard Business School), Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School &#8211; Finance Unit; Harvard University &#8211; Entrepreneurial Management Unit; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)), &#38; Antoinette Schoar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) &#8211; Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))
 Published: April 2009

Abstract: This paper examines the direct private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HF Managed Accounts: A tool for change or tilting the playing field?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/30/hf-managed-accounts-a-tool-for-change-or-tilting-the-playing-field/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/30/hf-managed-accounts-a-tool-for-change-or-tilting-the-playing-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managed accounts are generally seen as a way to avoid throwing out the hedge fund strategy baby with the hedge fund legal structure bathwater.  But managed accounts also run the risk of compounding some of the very ills they set out to cure.]]></description>
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		<title>After year from hell, both institutions and advisers are demanding flexibility to invest in alternatives</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/11/after-year-from-hell-both-institutions-and-advisers-are-demanding-flexibility-to-invest-in-alternatives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/11/after-year-from-hell-both-institutions-and-advisers-are-demanding-flexibility-to-invest-in-alternatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Separately, a group of pension funds and a group of financial advisers recently demanded more flexibility to invest in alternatives in an effort to get their clients out of their current financial mess.   ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Changes in the Portfolio Allocation of Private Colleges&#8217; Endowments: Recent Trends and Implications for Relative Investment Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/04/changes-in-the-portfolio-allocation-of-private-colleges-endowments-recent-trends-and-implications-for-relative-investment-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/04/changes-in-the-portfolio-allocation-of-private-colleges-endowments-recent-trends-and-implications-for-relative-investment-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Donald L. Basch (Simmons College)
Published: March 2009
Abstract: Over the past fifteen years, many U.S. colleges have engaged in a substantial reallocation of their endowment investment portfolios, reducing the share allocated to U.S. stocks and bonds and raising the share allocated to alternatives investments including hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, natural resources, and real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global (equity) climate change: 2008 a tipping point?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/global-equity-climate-change-2008-a-tipping-point/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/global-equity-climate-change-2008-a-tipping-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Was 2008 a tipping point for the world's pensions?  A new report by Watson Wyatt suggests it just may have been.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/global-equity-climate-change-2008-a-tipping-point/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Polynomial Goal Programming and the Implicit Higher Moment Preferences of U.S. Institutional Investors in Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/polynomial-goal-programming-and-the-implicit-higher-moment-preferences-of-us-institutional-investors-in-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/polynomial-goal-programming-and-the-implicit-higher-moment-preferences-of-us-institutional-investors-in-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Juliane Proelss (Otto Beisheim School of Management) and Denis Schweizer (Otto Beisheim School of Management)
Published: March 2009

Abstract: Polynomial goal programming (PGP) has been successfully introduced in the hedge fund allocation literature. The method is intuitive, and flexible enough to incorporate investor preferences in higher moments of the return distribution. However, until now, PGP could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Short Wars: Evidence of Incentive Driven Short Selling by Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/the-long-short-wars-evidence-of-incentive-driven-short-selling-by-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/the-long-short-wars-evidence-of-incentive-driven-short-selling-by-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jesse Blocher, Joseph Engelberg and Adam V. Reed (University of North Carolina)
Published: March 2009
Abstract: We find patterns consistent with end-of-year price manipulation by hedge funds. Year-end returns are significantly lower in a sample of stocks with high short interest, and we show trading patterns consistent with hedge funds short selling to manipulate prices in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/the-long-short-wars-evidence-of-incentive-driven-short-selling-by-hedge-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Pension Fund Performance and Risk-Taking under Decentralized Investment Management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/pension-fund-performance-and-risk-taking-under-decentralized-investment-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/pension-fund-performance-and-risk-taking-under-decentralized-investment-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Allan G. Timmermann (University of California; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), David P. Blake (Cass Business School), Ian Tonks (Xfi University of Exeter) and Russ Wermers (University of Maryland)
Published: March 2009
Abstract: This paper uses a proprietary dataset to study two key shifts in the structure of the UK pension fund industry from 1984 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/pension-fund-performance-and-risk-taking-under-decentralized-investment-management/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Survey says a quarter of HF investors have more confidence in hedge funds now than they did last year</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/16/survey-says-a-quarter-of-hf-investors-have-more-confidence-in-hedge-funds-now-than-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/16/survey-says-a-quarter-of-hf-investors-have-more-confidence-in-hedge-funds-now-than-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new survey finds that not only do the majority of respondents believe the events of last year will not change their minds on hedge funds, but over 25% say their confidence has actually been enhanced by the whole experience.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/16/survey-says-a-quarter-of-hf-investors-have-more-confidence-in-hedge-funds-now-than-last-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Style Chasing by Hedge Fund Investors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/13/style-chasing-by-hedge-fund-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/13/style-chasing-by-hedge-fund-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jenke Ter Horst and Galla Salganik (Tilburg University)
Published: February 2009
Abstract: In our paper we examine whether hedge fund investors chase investment styles, focusing on the style effect in investment decisions. We find that hedge fund styles compete for investors&#8217; money. We explain this result by investors&#8217; tendency to look for the future best performing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do when you pick the wrong month to conduct a survey&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/08/what-to-do-when-you-pick-the-wrong-month-to-conduct-a-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/08/what-to-do-when-you-pick-the-wrong-month-to-conduct-a-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedgistan is different now.  So it's back to the drawing board for many hedge fund surveys conducted before last fall's draw downs.  But here's one survey that has already been back to the drawing board and "re-interviewed" its sample - yielding some interesting insights.     ]]></description>
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		<title>Skill, Luck, and Reputation in Product Diversification Decisions: Evidence from Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/skill-luck-and-reputation-in-product-diversification-decisions-evidence-from-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/skill-luck-and-reputation-in-product-diversification-decisions-evidence-from-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Rui J.P. De Figueiredo Jr. (University of California, Berkeley) and Evan Rawley (University of Pennsylvania)
Published: February 2009
Abstract: This paper examines how skill, luck and reputation influence firm product diversification decisions. We develop a model where skill and luck drive firm performance, which in turn determines reputation, and show that the propensity to engage in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Administration Round Table</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/global-administration-round-table/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/global-administration-round-table/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Hedge Funds Review
Published: February 2009
Abstract: No one denies 2008 was a difficult year for the hedge fund industry. When assets under management (AUM) decline, so too do assets under administration (AUA). Entering 2009, most fund  administrators are braced for a more challenging environment and are looking ahead to how the service industry will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Consultant Search Forecast</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/2009-consultant-search-forecast/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/2009-consultant-search-forecast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Casey Quirk
Published: February 2009
Abstract: Casey Quirk and eVestment Alliance have worked together to produce their third annual survey of investment consultants in the United States and Canada. The poll, which took place in the fourth quarter of 2008—after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, but before the Madoff Investment Securities scandal—asks consultants to provide their opinions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds Under the Microscope: Examining Institutional Commitment in Challenging Times</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/hedge-funds-under-the-microscope-examining-institutional-commitment-in-challenging-times/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/hedge-funds-under-the-microscope-examining-institutional-commitment-in-challenging-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: SEI &#38; Greemnwich Associates
Published: Jan 2009
Summary: Institutional investment has been a major factor in the phenomenal growth of hedge funds over the past two decades. However, despite investor expectations of enhanced diversification and absolute returns with a low correlation to broad markets, hedge funds, with a few exceptions, were not immune to the damage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madoff: A Riot of Red Flags</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/30/madoff-a-riot-of-red-flags/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/30/madoff-a-riot-of-red-flags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Greg N. Gregoriou (SUNY College at Plattsburgh) and Francois Serge Lhabitant (Kedge Capital Fund Management; EDHEC Graduate School of Management; HEC-Lausanne) 
Published: January 2009
Abstract: For more than seventeen years, Bernard Madoff operated what was viewed as one of the most successful investment strategies in the world. This strategy ultimately collapsed in December 2008 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More evidence of asset management &#8220;convergence&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/21/more-evidence-of-asset-management-convergence/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/21/more-evidence-of-asset-management-convergence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New evidence emerged last week of what may be the defining trend in the asset management industry this year: convergence.]]></description>
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		<title>Leverage as a Measure of Risk</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/leverage-as-a-measure-of-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/leverage-as-a-measure-of-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Daniel L. Chertok 
Published: January 2009
Abstract: The unfolding nancial crisis has brought the issue of leverage into the limelight. &#8220;Overleveraging&#8221; is often blamed for the demise of structured nance yet the issue is often viewed from the traditional, purely accounting standpoint. This technical note expands the concept of leverage to derivative products and provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Empirical Investigation into the Performance of UK Pension Fund Managers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/an-empirical-investigation-into-the-performance-of-uk-pension-fund-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/an-empirical-investigation-into-the-performance-of-uk-pension-fund-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Andrew Clare, Keith Cuthbertson and Dirk Nitzsche (Cass Business School) 
Published: January 2009
Abstract: The UK&#8217;s defined benefit pensions industry makes widespread use of pooled investment vehicles which are provided by a large number of fund management groups. In this paper we provide the first comprehensive performance analysis of these funds. Using data on 734 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Large&#8217; vs. &#8216;Small&#8217; Players: A Closer Look at the Dynamics of Speculative Attacks</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/large-vs-small-players-a-closer-look-at-the-dynamics-of-speculative-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/large-vs-small-players-a-closer-look-at-the-dynamics-of-speculative-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Geir Hoidal Bjonnes (The Norwegian School of Management BI), Steinar Holden (University of Oslo; Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research), Dagfinn Rime (Central Bank of Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Haakon Solheim (Central Bank of Norway)
Published: January 2009
Abstract: What is the role of &#8220;large players&#8221; like hedge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Investments for Institutional Investors: Risk Budgeting Techniques in Asset Management and Asset-Liability Management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/01/alternative-investments-for-institutional-investors-risk-budgeting-techniques-in-asset-management-and-asset-liability-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/01/alternative-investments-for-institutional-investors-risk-budgeting-techniques-in-asset-management-and-asset-liability-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liability Driven Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Noel Amenc, Lionel Martellini, Volker Ziemann (Edhec)
Published: January 2009
Abstract: This paper presents an empirical analysis of the benefits of alternative forms of investment strategies from an assetliability management perspective. Using a vector error correction model (VECM) that explicitly distinguishes between shortterm and long-term dynamics in the joint distribution of asset returns and inflation, we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asset Management Holiday Sale: 60% Off</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/14/asset-management-holiday-sale-60-off/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/14/asset-management-holiday-sale-60-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:38:52 +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=3873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the Holiday season asset managers - particularly hedge funds - are going on sale!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Securities lending starting to dry up a little?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/02/securities-lending-starting-to-dry-up-a-little/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/02/securities-lending-starting-to-dry-up-a-little/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:47:01 +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=3753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hedge fund industry relies on short-selling.  Short-selling relies on securities lending.  And securities lending relies on the willingness of institutional investors to temporarily part with their stocks.  So what happens if those lenders get nervous?  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/02/securities-lending-starting-to-dry-up-a-little/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Short Extension Strategies: The active management canaries in the coal mine</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/21/short-extension-strategies-the-active-management-canaries-in-the-coal-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/21/short-extension-strategies-the-active-management-canaries-in-the-coal-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:47:48 +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=3708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By virtue of their reliance on active security selection, short-extension funds are quick to reflect the prevailing opportunities for active management in general. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/21/short-extension-strategies-the-active-management-canaries-in-the-coal-mine/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Overview of the Global Hedge Fund Institutional Investor Universe</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/03/overview-of-the-global-hedge-fund-institutional-investor-universe/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/03/overview-of-the-global-hedge-fund-institutional-investor-universe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: November 2008
Abstract: In previous Preqin hedge fund research reports (available on our website) we found that institutional investors form on average 44.8% of a hedge fund client base. The hedge fund asset class has developed from a niche market primarily dependent on commitments from high-net-worth individuals, to a distinct alternative investment strategy that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/03/overview-of-the-global-hedge-fund-institutional-investor-universe/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crisis in Asset Management: Industry Profitability Under Siege</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/crisis-in-asset-management-industry-profitability-under-siege/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/crisis-in-asset-management-industry-profitability-under-siege/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Casey Quirk
Published: November 2008
Abstract: The collapse of global securities and commodities markets since October 2007 already guarantees significantly reduced AUM and revenues for 2009. We forecast that annual asset-based fees among equity-focused investment managers will drop by more than 40% between fiscal 2007 and 2009. For example, we estimate that the average annual level [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/crisis-in-asset-management-industry-profitability-under-siege/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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Promise of Hedge Fund Governance: How Incentive Compensation Can Enhance Institutional Investor Monitoring</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/the-promise-of-hedge-fund-governance-how-incentive-compensation-can-enhance-institutional-investor-monitoring/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/the-promise-of-hedge-fund-governance-how-incentive-compensation-can-enhance-institutional-investor-monitoring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Robert C. Illig, University of Oregon School of Law
Published: Fall 2008
Abstract: Progressive legal scholars argue that institutional investors should play a greater role in disciplining corporate managers. These reformers seek to harness the talent and resources of mutual funds and public pension funds to increase managerial accountability to shareholder interests. Conservative scholars respond that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/01/the-promise-of-hedge-fund-governance-how-incentive-compensation-can-enhance-institutional-investor-monitoring/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge funds discovered not to be an &#8220;asset class&#8221; after all</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/23/hedge-funds-discovered-not-to-be-an-asset-class-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/23/hedge-funds-discovered-not-to-be-an-asset-class-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:14:24 +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=3577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When is an asset class not really an asset class?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/23/hedge-funds-discovered-not-to-be-an-asset-class-after-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge funds should rue the day that the term &#8220;absolute returns&#8221; was coined</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/19/hedge-funds-should-rue-the-day-that-the-term-absolute-returns-was-coined/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/19/hedge-funds-should-rue-the-day-that-the-term-absolute-returns-was-coined/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:19:52 +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=3561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are hedge fund returns supposed to be "absolute" or "relative"?  As it turns out "absolutely relative" may have been a better moniker.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/19/hedge-funds-should-rue-the-day-that-the-term-absolute-returns-was-coined/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;High volatility&#8221;, &#8220;systemic risk&#8221;, &#8220;inconsistent alpha&#8221;: Terms now associated with long-only investing</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/12/high-volatility-systemic-risk-inconsistent-alpha-terms-now-associated-with-long-only-investing/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/12/high-volatility-systemic-risk-inconsistent-alpha-terms-now-associated-with-long-only-investing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:53:28 +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=3537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years long-only managers have accused hedge funds of being highly risky, of posing systemic financial risks and of not really delivering alpha.  But is this a matter of the pot calling the kettle black?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/12/high-volatility-systemic-risk-inconsistent-alpha-terms-now-associated-with-long-only-investing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study examines the &#8220;quiet controversy&#8221; in the asset management business</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/01/study-examines-the-quiet-controversy-in-the-asset-management-business/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/01/study-examines-the-quiet-controversy-in-the-asset-management-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:06 +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=3490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study aims to put an end to the age-old debate over quantitative vs. fundamental investment strategies.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/01/study-examines-the-quiet-controversy-in-the-asset-management-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Optimal Asset Allocation Practitioner’s Perspective</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/01/optimal-asset-allocation-practitioner%e2%80%99s-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/01/optimal-asset-allocation-practitioner%e2%80%99s-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Andrzej Palczewski (University of Warsaw)
Published: October 2008
Abstract: Multivariate return series show little auto-correlation and cross-correlation, but are not i.i.d. variables. Series of squares of returns show profound evidence of cross-correlation and auto-correlation. Conditional mean returns are close to zero. Volatility and correlation between series vary over time. Return distributions show high kurtosis and ”heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quantitative vs. Fundamental Analysis in Institutional Money Management: Where&#8217;s the Beef?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/17/quantitative-vs-fundamental-analysis-in-institutional-money-management-wheres-the-beef/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/17/quantitative-vs-fundamental-analysis-in-institutional-money-management-wheres-the-beef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Russell B. Gregory-Allen (Massey University &#8211; Department of Commerce), Hany A. Shawky (SUNY at Albany &#8211; School of Business) &#38; Jeffrey Stangl (Massey University &#8211; Department of Commerce)
Published: September 2008
Abstract: In the money management industry, there is a &#8220;quiet&#8221; controversy over who does a better job, Traditional Managers (Fundamentalists), or Quantitative Managers. This issue [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/17/quantitative-vs-fundamental-analysis-in-institutional-money-management-wheres-the-beef/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Convergence&#8221; gets another shot in the arm from recent calamities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/16/convergence-gets-another-shot-in-the-arm-from-recent-calamities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/16/convergence-gets-another-shot-in-the-arm-from-recent-calamities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:47:46 +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=3416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like there is a new surprise nearly every day in the asset management industry.  But recent calamities simply accelerate trends that have been in place for a few years already.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Testimony by Dr. Susan Mangiero before ERISA Advisory Council Working Group on Hard to Value (&#8220;HTV&#8221;) Assets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/14/testimony-by-dr-susan-mangiero-before-erisa-advisory-council-working-group-on-hard-to-value-htv-assets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/14/testimony-by-dr-susan-mangiero-before-erisa-advisory-council-working-group-on-hard-to-value-htv-assets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Susan Mangiero (Pension Governance) 
Published: September 2008
Abstract: This invited testimony addresses the importance of valuation of &#8220;hard to value&#8221; assets in the context of pension risk management and governance.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/14/testimony-by-dr-susan-mangiero-before-erisa-advisory-council-working-group-on-hard-to-value-htv-assets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The US Asset Management Industry: Smooth Sailing Giving Way to Choppy Seas</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/13/the-us-asset-management-industry-smooth-sailing-giving-way-to-choppy-seas/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/13/the-us-asset-management-industry-smooth-sailing-giving-way-to-choppy-seas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: McKinsey &#38; Co.
Published: September 2008
Executive Summary: The asset management industry in 2007 was a surprising picture of strength. Despite widespread upheaval in financial markets, industry profitability climbed to record highs. A recent benchmarking survey by McKinsey and Institutional Investor&#8217;s U.S. Institute showed average pretax profit margins peaked at an impressive 33 percent, the highest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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>Musical Chairs &#8211; Asset Manager Edition</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/28/musical-chairs-asset-manager-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/28/musical-chairs-asset-manager-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent market turmoil is starting to take its toll on asset managers - both traditional and alternative.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/28/musical-chairs-asset-manager-edition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Portfolio Pumping, Trading Activity and Fund Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/20/portfolio-pumping-trading-activity-and-fund-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/20/portfolio-pumping-trading-activity-and-fund-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Sugato Bhattacharyya (University of Michigan) and Vikram K. Nanda (Arizona State University) 
Published: August 2008
Abstract: Fund managers compensated on their funds&#8217; Net Asset Values (NAV) have incentives to pump their portfolios by buying more of the securities they already hold. Portfolio pumping generates extra trading volume proportional to the level of holdings and leads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension Fund Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/04/pension-fund-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/04/pension-fund-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Pablo Antolin (OECD)
Published: August 2008
Abstract: This report provides an analysis of aggregate investment performance by country on a risk adjusted basis using relatively standard investment performance measures. The report also describes privately managed pension funds around the world and the regulatory environment they face. It compares pension funds across countries according to total assets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can asset managers balance &#8220;innovation&#8221; and &#8220;simplicity&#8221;?  A new report says they better hope so.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/28/can-asset-managers-balance-innovation-and-simplicity-a-new-report-says-they-better-hope-so/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/28/can-asset-managers-balance-innovation-and-simplicity-a-new-report-says-they-better-hope-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/28/can-asset-managers-balance-innovation-and-simplicity-a-new-report-says-they-better-hope-so/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new survey of asset managers finds over half now offer "130/30 type" strategies. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/28/can-asset-managers-balance-innovation-and-simplicity-a-new-report-says-they-better-hope-so/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Institutions tell pollsters &#8220;more fees&#8221;, &#8220;more consultants&#8221; and &#8220;more funds of funds&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/27/institutions-tell-pollsters-more-fees-more-consultants-and-more-fund-of-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/27/institutions-tell-pollsters-more-fees-more-consultants-and-more-fund-of-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/27/institutions-tell-pollsters-more-fees-more-consultants-and-more-fund-of-funds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite recent reports, investment consultants and funds-of-funds remain as popular as ever - so do performance fees - and not just for hedge funds.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/27/institutions-tell-pollsters-more-fees-more-consultants-and-more-fund-of-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defining Moments: The pensions and investment industry of the future</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/23/defining-moments-the-pensions-and-investment-industry-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/23/defining-moments-the-pensions-and-investment-industry-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Watson Wyatt
Published: July 2008 (free registration required)
Introduction: The goal of the research was to drill deeply into the evolving forces in the industry and present a plausible picture of its future landscape, through both near-term and longer-term trends. Our time horizon looked out towards 2020. We, however, acknowledge the considerable difficulties with longer-range forecasting [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/23/defining-moments-the-pensions-and-investment-industry-of-the-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>European Institutional Asset Management Survey 2008</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/23/european-institutional-asset-management-survey-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/23/european-institutional-asset-management-survey-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: IPE/Invesco
Published: July 2008
Introduction:  A total of 115 organisations with combined assets under management of nearly US$ 550 bn. participated in this year&#8217;s survey, which, for the first time, Invesco conducted in partnership with Investment &#38; Pensions Europe (IPE).   Under IPE&#8217;s direction, the breadth of the EIAMS sample was extended to include organisations from the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/23/european-institutional-asset-management-survey-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The New Power Brokers: Gaining Clout in Turbulent Markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/16/the-new-power-brokers-gaining-clout-in-turbulent-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/16/the-new-power-brokers-gaining-clout-in-turbulent-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: McKinsey Global Institute
Published: July 2008
From Press Release: Four new power brokers—Asian sovereign investors, petrodollars, hedge funds, and private equity firms—are having a growing impact on global capital markets. In this update to a 2007 report, MGI examines how the new power brokers have fared since then, during the turmoil of skyrocketing oil prices, evaporating [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/16/the-new-power-brokers-gaining-clout-in-turbulent-markets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gartmore: Fish or Fowl?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/06/gartmore-fish-or-fowl/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/06/gartmore-fish-or-fowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/06/gartmore-fish-or-fowl/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UK money manager Gartmore is a harbinger of things to come - neither a hedge fund, nor a long-only purist.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/06/gartmore-fish-or-fowl/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prime Brokers Round Table</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/01/prime-brokers-round-table/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/01/prime-brokers-round-table/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Hedge Funds Review
Published: July 2008
Abstract: Balance sheet, increased cost of funding, credit worthiness and the potential for increased hedge fund failures will all contribute to challenging years ahead for non-bank prime brokers, says Richard Sansaricq, global head of prime services sales, BNP Paribas. Danny Caplan, co-head of global prime finance sales Europe at Deutsche [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Non-market-cap indices dissed in Europe this week</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/18/non-market-cap-indices-dissed-in-europe-this-week/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/18/non-market-cap-indices-dissed-in-europe-this-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/18/non-market-cap-indices-dissed-in-europe-this-week/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indices based on things other than price or market cap "can't get no respect" as the late Rodney Dangerfield might have said.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/18/non-market-cap-indices-dissed-in-europe-this-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lending stock to yourself: nifty idea, but effectively just active long-only management?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/17/lending-stock-to-yourself-nifty-idea-but-effectively-just-active-long-only-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/17/lending-stock-to-yourself-nifty-idea-but-effectively-just-active-long-only-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/17/lending-stock-to-yourself-nifty-idea-but-effectively-just-active-long-only-management/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a long/short fund is difficult to create due to short-selling constraints, you can always turn long-only active management into a hedge fund.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/17/lending-stock-to-yourself-nifty-idea-but-effectively-just-active-long-only-management/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alpha-centric investing described as a &#8220;seismic shift&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/09/alpha-centric-investing-described-as-a-seismic-shift/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/09/alpha-centric-investing-described-as-a-seismic-shift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/09/alpha-centric-investing-described-as-a-seismic-shift/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CEOs of some of the world's largest asset managers are now predicting what is known in California as the "Big One". ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/09/alpha-centric-investing-described-as-a-seismic-shift/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mercer: Portfolio management will change more in next 5 years than in previous 30</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/mercer-portfolio-management-will-change-more-in-next-5-years-than-in-previous-30/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/mercer-portfolio-management-will-change-more-in-next-5-years-than-in-previous-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/mercer-portfolio-management-will-change-more-in-next-5-years-than-in-previous-30/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mercer is telling clients that the world of portfolio management is about to change forever.  We couldn't agree more.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/mercer-portfolio-management-will-change-more-in-next-5-years-than-in-previous-30/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pensions warned on hedge funds (as they lose billions on long-only funds)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/pensions-warned-on-hedge-funds-as-they-lose-billions-on-long-only-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/pensions-warned-on-hedge-funds-as-they-lose-billions-on-long-only-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/pensions-warned-on-hedge-funds-as-they-lose-billions-on-long-only-funds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are long-only funds destined for history's scrap-heap?  Probably not.  But recent performance raises certain questions...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/22/pensions-warned-on-hedge-funds-as-they-lose-billions-on-long-only-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Institutional alpha expectations remain (relatively) benign despite hype</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/08/institutional-alpha-expectations-remain-relatively-benign-despite-hype/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/08/institutional-alpha-expectations-remain-relatively-benign-despite-hype/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/08/institutional-alpha-expectations-remain-relatively-benign-despite-hype/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently-released survey by Greenwich Associates shows that institutional investors' feet remain firming planted on the ground when it comes to alpha.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/08/institutional-alpha-expectations-remain-relatively-benign-despite-hype/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asset Allocation Survey and Market Profiles: European Institutional Marketplace Overview</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/30/asset-allocation-survey-and-market-profiles-european-institutional-marketplace-overview/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/30/asset-allocation-survey-and-market-profiles-european-institutional-marketplace-overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mercer
Published: March 2008
Excerpt: One of the major themes evident in the survey results is increased focus on governance of pension scheme assets. This manifests itself in an increasing number of schemes having investment committees and also a rise in the number of schemes that assess their investment strategy between formal reviews. There is also [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/30/asset-allocation-survey-and-market-profiles-european-institutional-marketplace-overview/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An inside look at hedge fund deliberations</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/18/an-inside-look-at-hedge-fund-deliberations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/18/an-inside-look-at-hedge-fund-deliberations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/18/an-inside-look-at-hedge-fund-deliberations/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the opaque world of hedge funds, there is one area where the sun shines brightly through - the meeting minutes of public pension plans. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/18/an-inside-look-at-hedge-fund-deliberations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Side by Side Management of Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/01/side-by-side-management-of-hedge-funds-and-mutual-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/01/side-by-side-management-of-hedge-funds-and-mutual-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posting Categories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Zhi Jay Wang (University of Illinois), Lu Zheng (University of California, Irvine) &#38; Tom Nohel (Loyola University of Chicago)
Published: March 2008
Abstract: We examine situations where the same fund manager simultaneously manages mutual funds and hedge funds. Such individuals are known as side-by-side managers. The SEC and other regulators/legislators have raised concerns about side-by-side management [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/03/01/side-by-side-management-of-hedge-funds-and-mutual-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No Country for Old Men</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/25/no-country-for-old-men/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/25/no-country-for-old-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/25/no-country-for-old-men/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UK regulators say that overly pessimistic longevity assumptions are leading to underfunded pension plans - making that country a risky place to be an old man.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/25/no-country-for-old-men/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>2008 Consultant Search Forecast</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/16/2008-consultant-search-forecast/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/16/2008-consultant-search-forecast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=2527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Casey, Quirk &#38; Associates
Published: February 2008
Introduction: Casey Quirk and eVestment Alliance have worked together to produce the second annual consultant search forecast. In this report, we summarize search activity for 2007 as reported by consultants in the United States and Canada and provide a forward-looking perspective into search activity for 2008. We have made [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Appetite for alpha to rise&#8221; according to institutional survey</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/12/appetite-for-alpha-to-rise-according-to-institutional-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/12/appetite-for-alpha-to-rise-according-to-institutional-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/12/appetite-for-alpha-to-rise-according-to-institutional-survey/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The future of the alpha-centric boutique asset manager looks pretty rosy according to a new survey by consulting firm Watson Wyatt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/12/appetite-for-alpha-to-rise-according-to-institutional-survey/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the fountain of youth would unleash a flood of liabilities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/07/why-the-fountain-of-youth-would-unleash-a-flood-of-liabilities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/07/why-the-fountain-of-youth-would-unleash-a-flood-of-liabilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/07/why-the-fountain-of-youth-would-unleash-a-flood-of-liabilities/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like your retirement needs, the present value of a pension plan's obligations change regularly.  Which has pensions wondering, "If no plan is the same, why use the same benchmark?"    ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/07/why-the-fountain-of-youth-would-unleash-a-flood-of-liabilities/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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