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From corporate website: Strategic Investment Group provides a full range of Integrated Portfolio Solutions that free clients from the day-to-day demands of asset management so that they can focus on their core businesses. We become our clients’ investment management partner, serving as a named fiduciary and an effective extension of our clients’ resources while providing expertise in the highly specialized and complex area of institutional portfolio management.
Director: William Goetzmann, william [dot] goetzmann [at] yale [dot] edu
From the Institute’s Website: The International Center For Finance at the Yale School of Management provides active support for research in Financial Economics by its fellows and disseminates their work to the world’s academic and professional communities. More about our goals can be found on our mission page. The Center’s fellowship is comprised of leading scholars in and outside of the Yale School of Management who work on key empirical and theoretical problems in Financial Economics. We also support an active doctoral program with a concentration in Finance at the Yale School of Management. At the MBA level, the Yale SOM Security Analysis Workshop provides current student investment research. More…
There are a myriad of academic and practitioner oriented journals covering investment issues. Listed below are the Journals that we feel are most likely to cover the asset management issues contained on this website.
From corporate website: Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s alternative investment offerings span a wide range of disciplines, including hedge funds and funds of funds; absolute return strategies; real estate; senior loans; structured products; and private equity, which encompasses direct investments, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts and infrastructure
MIT Laboratory for Financial EngineeringDirector: Andrew Lo, alo [at] mit [dot] edu
From the Institute’s Website: MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) is an MIT research center created as a partnership between academia and industry, designed to support and promote quantitative research in financial engineering and computational finance. The principal focus of the LFE is the quantitative analysis of financial markets using mathematical, statistical, and computational models. The goal of LFE is not only to spur advances in financial engineering, but also to develop better ways to teach students and executives how to apply financial technology in corporate settings.. More…
Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative FinanceResearch Director: Neil Shepherd, neil [dot] shephard [at] economics.ox.ac.uk
From the Institute’s Website: The Institute intends to serve as the world’s leading centre for academic research in quantitative finance, with a particular emphasis on alternative investments. It is an interdisciplinary initiative across the University, involving engagement with its major divisions and departments, including researchers from the Departments of Economics, Engineering Science, and Statistics, as well as the Mathematical Institute, the Computing Laboratory and the Saïd Business School. More…
Director: Noel Amenc, noel [dot] amenc [at] edhec [dot] edu
From the Institute’s Website: The EDHEC-Risk web site is based on a simple idea but one which provides a structure for all of EDHEC’s financial research activities: “How to enable professionals to get the most out of asset management research?“. As a consequence, EDHEC-Risk does not aspire to be the best academic research site nor the one that offers the most exhaustive information on the asset management industry. EDHEC-Risk, with its joint academic and professional expertise, is endeavouring to be the most useful site for practitioners who are keen to take advantage of research results to improve their investment and risk management processes. More…
The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM), University of Massachusetts AmherstDirector: Thomas Schneeweis, schneeweis [at] som [dot] umass [dot] edu
From the Institute’s Website: The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) seeks to enhance the understanding of the field of alternative investments through research, education, and networking opportunities for our member donors, industry professionals and academics. The goals of CISDM are to facilitate research in international investment and derivative markets, to promote interactions between the academic and business communities, and to make available educational material on international financial markets to financial and nonfinancial firms. More…
BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre, London Business SchoolDirector: Narayan Naik, nnaik [at] london [dot] edu
From the Institute’s Website: Key Aims: To undertake research into all aspects of hedge fund investing, including the impact of hedge funds on the asset markets they invest in; To encourage others to conduct research, for example through visiting research fellowships and through invitations to present research at London Business School; To encourage better understanding of hedge funds. More…
Alternative Investment Research Centre, Cass Business SchoolDirector: Harry Kat, harry [at] airc [dot] info
From the Institute’s Website: The Alternative Investments Research Centre (AIRC) aims to generate practical answers to practical questions concerning alternative investments and their role in investment portfolios. The AIRC does so by acting as a clearing-house for data and research ideas between the alternative investment industry and academia. With the help of its corporate members, the AIRC builds and maintains databases for the various types of alternative investments and allows its associate researchers to access these data for qualifying research projects. More…
The list of companies now providing the infrastructure for the alpha-centric revolution is too vast for us to cover. However, when we looked closely at our knowledge base, it’s clear that a few companies in particular make repeat appearances. We list those companies here.
From corporate website: Hedge Connection is the first comprehensive, web-based, marketing tool that facilitates relationship building and allows direct interaction and exchange of information between hedge funds and opt-in, qualified investors. It is a vibrant marketing tool for all hedge funds and should be one spoke of any manager’s annual marketing program.Built on a foundation of industry experience and guided by the core principles of integrity, partnership and value, Hedge Connection represents the evolution of the traditional database-driven, “capital intro” model. Unlike a static database, Hedge Connection members can actively reach out to each other through our controlled club environment. We also offer several live events throughout the year to members to encourage face to face meetings and networking opportunities.
Alpha Clone – Web-delivered investment research service that lets any investor apply the stock ideas of top hedge fund and institutional money managers.
Barclay Hedge – A complete client services provider: publisher, database and software provider, and industry consultant.
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New England Pension Consultants (Portable Alpha Solutions)
Watson Wyatt (Portable Alpha)
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