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	<description>Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Investing in some stocks should have qualified as an &#8220;extreme sport&#8221; says leading quant</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/09/investing-in-some-stocks-should-have-qualified-as-an-extreme-sport-says-leading-quant/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/09/investing-in-some-stocks-should-have-qualified-as-an-extreme-sport-says-leading-quant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAboutAlpha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a prominent academic showed how the S&#038;P 500 had become an "extreme" sport before it tanked last year.  This week, that same researcher turns his focus on an individual stock that we know all too well.]]></description>
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		<title>Lintner Redux: Omega Ratios and Managed Futures</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/08/lintner-redux-omega-ratios-and-managed-futures/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/08/lintner-redux-omega-ratios-and-managed-futures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAboutAlpha</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If only storied academic John Lintner had the Omega Ratio...]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge fund industry concentration now falling?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/07/hedge-fund-industry-concentration-now-falling/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/07/hedge-fund-industry-concentration-now-falling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A closer look at a new report reveals that the past year has been particularly harsh on large funds of hedge funds - helping to reverse a recent trend toward asset concentration in the biggest players.]]></description>
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		<title>How Hollywood, lotteries and mutual funds show that all risk is relative</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/06/how-hollywood-lotteries-and-mutual-funds-show-that-all-risk-is-relative/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/06/how-hollywood-lotteries-and-mutual-funds-show-that-all-risk-is-relative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the birth of the CAPM, empirical evidence has been uncooperative - showing that high risk investments produce lower returns, not higher ones.  Now one author looks beyond equity markets and finds even more evidence against the vaunted CAPM.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Summer of 1,000 Posts: Hedge Fund Industry Trends</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/05/summer-of-1000-posts-hedge-fund-industry-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/05/summer-of-1000-posts-hedge-fund-industry-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had our official archivist pour over the first 1,000 posts to be published at AllAboutAlpha.com in order to bring you a selection of posts on the topic of Hedge Fund Industry Trends.]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity survey may not be all doom &#038; gloom</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/02/private-equity-survey-may-not-be-all-doom-gloom/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/02/private-equity-survey-may-not-be-all-doom-gloom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAboutAlpha</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite recent research that suggests otherwise, we may be due for an unexpected boom in private equity beginning sooner than many expect.]]></description>
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		<title>State Street white paper shows that HF &#8220;regulation&#8221; doesn&#8217;t just come from governments</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/state-street-white-paper-shows-that-hf-regulation-doesnt-just-come-from-governments/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/state-street-white-paper-shows-that-hf-regulation-doesnt-just-come-from-governments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A pair of white papers was released today by State Street.  What's clear from reading them is that increasing investor demands will amount to a de facto form of regulation - regardless of what government regulators actually decide to do.  ]]></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>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4933</guid>
		<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>Prominent researcher finds &#8220;Extreme Value Theory&#8221; can turn VaR into a better crystal ball</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/29/prominent-researcher-finds-extreme-value-theory-can-turn-var-into-a-better-crystal-ball/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/29/prominent-researcher-finds-extreme-value-theory-can-turn-var-into-a-better-crystal-ball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew "Value at Risk" calculation was an extreme sport?  Sure, it's not base jumping...But at least one prominent mathematician turned investment researcher says it's not far off. ]]></description>
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		<title>Summer of 1,000 Posts</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/28/summer-of-1000-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/28/summer-of-1000-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAboutAlpha</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had our official archivist pour over the first 1,000 posts to be published at AllAboutAlpha.com in order to bring you a selection of posts on the topic of the CAPM and the theory behind our favorite Greek variable.]]></description>
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		<title>What really drives the closed-end HF discount?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/25/what-really-drives-the-closed-end-hf-discount/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/25/what-really-drives-the-closed-end-hf-discount/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do premia and discounts on closed end hedge funds actually reflect anything about the funds themselves or do they just a response to exogenous factors?]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in hedge funds in emerging markets: the &#8220;prudent approach”</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/24/investing-in-hedge-funds-in-emerging-markets-the-prudent-approach%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/24/investing-in-hedge-funds-in-emerging-markets-the-prudent-approach%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging markets are emerging like crazy this spring.  So why not just ride the (beta) wave?  One expert finds that emerging market alpha can make life a lot more enjoyable.]]></description>
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		<title>HF trade groups, regulators call truce: peace breaking out on several fronts</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/23/hf-trade-groups-regulators-call-truce-peace-breaking-out-on-several-fronts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/23/hf-trade-groups-regulators-call-truce-peace-breaking-out-on-several-fronts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first week of summer has apparently brought a serious thaw in relations between the hedge fund industry and international regulators.]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/22/real-estate-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/22/real-estate-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of research has been conducted on real estate mutual funds.  But precious little has ever been conducted on the alpha produced by institutional funds that invest in commercial real estate - until now... ]]></description>
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		<title>Newsreel: &#8220;Subscription gates&#8221;, Darwin and free trade in hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/21/newsreel-subscription-gates-darwin-and-free-trade-in-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/21/newsreel-subscription-gates-darwin-and-free-trade-in-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
We&#8217;re in Chicago this week for the Managed Funds Association&#8217;s Forum 2009.  More on that later.  But for now, here is a compilation of some stories that caught our eye last week&#8230;
Gates designed to keep investors out, not in
It was bound to happen.  Reuters reports that:
&#8220;A small number of top hedge funds are once more shutting their doors to new clients in a sign that investors are putting their cash back with the best performing managers, said fund of funds Corazon Capital.
&#8220;While heavy outflows last year meant almost all hedge funds were open to new investors, Barrie Duerden, director of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowds may not be so &#8220;wise&#8221; after all</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/18/crowds-may-not-be-so-wise-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/18/crowds-may-not-be-so-wise-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new book, an industry survey, and media reports have propelled the age-old topic of market efficiency into the spotlight this month.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Study looks at differences between institutional and retail mutual funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/17/study-looks-at-differences-between-institutional-and-retail-mutual-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/17/study-looks-at-differences-between-institutional-and-retail-mutual-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail mutual funds have been researched in every conceivable way.  But we were surprised to learn that institutional mutual funds haven't undergone the same level of scrutiny.  Until this year.]]></description>
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		<title>New ECB Model Aims to Predict HF Liquidations</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/16/new-ecb-model-aims-to-predict-hf-liquidations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/16/new-ecb-model-aims-to-predict-hf-liquidations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting predictive model buried deep in the new ECB "Financial Stability Review" aims to create a "composite indicator of single manager hedge fund liquidation risk." ]]></description>
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		<title>Closed-end HF Pricing: Rational Irrationality</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/15/closed-end-hf-pricing-rational-irrationality/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/15/closed-end-hf-pricing-rational-irrationality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If hedge funds are supposed to be so unique, then why do most closed-end HFs sell at a discount or premium to NAV at the same time?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Study hints that alpha may be finite (at least in the short term)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/14/study-hints-that-alpha-may-be-finite-at-least-in-the-short-term/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/14/study-hints-that-alpha-may-be-finite-at-least-in-the-short-term/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it a coincidence that hedge fund returns are exploding right after the biggest culling in the industry's history?]]></description>
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		<title>HF managed accounts may not be no-brainer.  May require quarter - maybe half - a brain after all.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/11/hf-managed-accounts-may-not-be-no-brainer-may-require-quarter-maybe-half-a-brain-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/11/hf-managed-accounts-may-not-be-no-brainer-may-require-quarter-maybe-half-a-brain-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund managed accounts used to have only "limitations".  Now they have "drawbacks"...]]></description>
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		<title>A three-way battle for supremacy in Hedge Fund Industry 2.0</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/10/a-three-way-battle-for-supremacy-in-hedge-fund-industry-20/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/10/a-three-way-battle-for-supremacy-in-hedge-fund-industry-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge funds, mutual funds, and pension funds seem to be positioning themselves for the "renaissance" in Hedgistan.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/10/a-three-way-battle-for-supremacy-in-hedge-fund-industry-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Net effect of HF redemption/re-allocation cycle: billions in additional fees</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/09/net-effect-of-hf-redemptionre-allocation-cycle-billions-in-additional-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/09/net-effect-of-hf-redemptionre-allocation-cycle-billions-in-additional-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like water in a bathtub, assets seem to slosh in and out of the hedge fund industry frequently.  Unfortunately for investors, this can scrub under-performers clean of their requirement to provide a performance fee holiday. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/09/net-effect-of-hf-redemptionre-allocation-cycle-billions-in-additional-fees/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Quick&#8230;What&#8217;s the similarity between California and Connecticut?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/08/quickwhats-the-similarity-between-california-and-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/08/quickwhats-the-similarity-between-california-and-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California and Connecticut are separated only by Colorado on an alphabetical list of US states.  But when it comes to hedge fund regulation they may be attached at the hip.  ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Beta blockers&#8221; aim to reduce the blood pressure of those facing hedge fund gates</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/07/beta-blockers-aim-to-reduce-the-blood-pressure-of-those-facing-hedge-fund-gates/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/07/beta-blockers-aim-to-reduce-the-blood-pressure-of-those-facing-hedge-fund-gates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stressed about having your money locked up in a hedge fund?  Just pop a few of these...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/07/beta-blockers-aim-to-reduce-the-blood-pressure-of-those-facing-hedge-fund-gates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Friday Newsreel: You have to read it to believe it</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/05/friday-newsreel-you-have-to-read-it-to-believe-it/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/05/friday-newsreel-you-have-to-read-it-to-believe-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All the news that's fit to blog about.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/05/friday-newsreel-you-have-to-read-it-to-believe-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Does HF &#8220;enlightenment&#8221; actually herald an end to the industry as we know it?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/03/does-hf-enlightenment-actually-herald-an-end-to-the-industry-as-we-know-it/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/03/does-hf-enlightenment-actually-herald-an-end-to-the-industry-as-we-know-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A column in yesterday's FT compares the current state of the hedge fund industry to the e-business industry circa 1999.  Do the uncanny parallels between the two industries mean we can now predict what's to come?  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/03/does-hf-enlightenment-actually-herald-an-end-to-the-industry-as-we-know-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>2008: The year of the small fund anomaly</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/02/2008-the-year-of-the-small-fund-anomaly/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/02/2008-the-year-of-the-small-fund-anomaly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics &amp; Metrics]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being small and young has always been a virtue in Hedgistan.  But one of these poles reversed in 2008.  Now being big and young seems to produce results.  Too bad it's virtually impossible to achieve these ends simultaneously any more.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/02/2008-the-year-of-the-small-fund-anomaly/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>With hedge funds back in the black, how are the hedge fund &#8220;clones&#8221; doing?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/with-hedge-funds-back-in-black-how-are-the-hedge-fund-clones-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/with-hedge-funds-back-in-black-how-are-the-hedge-fund-clones-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta &amp; Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least one hedge fund "replicator" has recently been replicating the aspirations, if not the actual experiences of hedge fund managers. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/with-hedge-funds-back-in-black-how-are-the-hedge-fund-clones-doing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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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>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4713</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/31/the-northern-lights-of-pension-fund-management/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Study finds that before &#8220;swinging for the fences&#8221; HF managers are influenced by several factors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/28/study-finds-that-before-swinging-for-the-fences-hf-managers-are-influenced-by-several-factors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/28/study-finds-that-before-swinging-for-the-fences-hf-managers-are-influenced-by-several-factors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new paper finds that under performing hedge funds that might be tempted to swing for the fences in desperation actually consider several factors (either consciously or unconsciously) before swinging the bat.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/28/study-finds-that-before-swinging-for-the-fences-hf-managers-are-influenced-by-several-factors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Putnam&#8217;s new crossover hits showrooms</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/27/putnams-new-crossover-hits-showrooms/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/27/putnams-new-crossover-hits-showrooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 02:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What's the difference between a hedge fund and a fund from one of the largest mutual fund companies in the world?  Not much when you look closely.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/27/putnams-new-crossover-hits-showrooms/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Hedge funds &#038; mutual funds: &#8220;resistance&#8221; and &#8220;turf wars&#8221; or just eloping in Vegas</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/26/hedge-funds-mutual-funds-resistance-and-turf-wars-or-just-eloping-in-vegas/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/26/hedge-funds-mutual-funds-resistance-and-turf-wars-or-just-eloping-in-vegas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 02:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Convergence can apparently be a very messy thing.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/26/hedge-funds-mutual-funds-resistance-and-turf-wars-or-just-eloping-in-vegas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The United People&#8217;s Front for the Preservation of Rationalization Association Network Alliance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/25/the-united-peoples-front-for-the-preservation-of-rationalization-association-network-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/25/the-united-peoples-front-for-the-preservation-of-rationalization-association-network-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tough times bring boom times for a plethora of new hedge fund industry trade groups. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/25/the-united-peoples-front-for-the-preservation-of-rationalization-association-network-alliance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Does the presence of a HF secondary market embolden funds of funds?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/24/does-the-presence-of-a-hf-secondary-market-embolden-funds-of-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/24/does-the-presence-of-a-hf-secondary-market-embolden-funds-of-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 02:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After being caught in a liquidity mismatch that threatened the kill off many players, funds of funds seem oddly sanguine about lock-ups according to a new poll.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/24/does-the-presence-of-a-hf-secondary-market-embolden-funds-of-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Columnist argues hedge funds should be &#8220;regulated out of existence&#8221;.  Time for a reality check.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/21/columnist-argues-hedge-funds-should-be-regulated-out-of-existence-time-for-a-reality-check/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/21/columnist-argues-hedge-funds-should-be-regulated-out-of-existence-time-for-a-reality-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 01:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week a widely-read columnist provided a wonderful example of the challenges faced by those who wish to ban hedge funds - a lack of hard data.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/21/columnist-argues-hedge-funds-should-be-regulated-out-of-existence-time-for-a-reality-check/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>130/30 once had &#8220;cool factor&#8221; now has fleas?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/20/13030-once-had-cool-factor-now-has-fleas/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/20/13030-once-had-cool-factor-now-has-fleas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 01:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some say short extension funds are now dogs.  Some say they're still cool.  We say they're cool dogs... ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/20/13030-once-had-cool-factor-now-has-fleas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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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>
		
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		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/19/placement-agent-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>&#8220;Recovery Phase has begun&#8221;: Pundits</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/18/recovery-phase-has-begun-pundits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/18/recovery-phase-has-begun-pundits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Recovery Phase"?  Does that mean hedge funds are "recovering" or we now need to send in a "recovery team" to find the bodies?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/18/recovery-phase-has-begun-pundits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>After years of being made scapegoats, HFs finally capitulate</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/17/after-years-of-being-made-scapegoats-hfs-finally-capitulate/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/17/after-years-of-being-made-scapegoats-hfs-finally-capitulate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 01:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund industry leaders wave a white flag in hopes of no longer being tagged as scapegoats for the world's financial ills.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/17/after-years-of-being-made-scapegoats-hfs-finally-capitulate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Portable Alpha to be &#8220;reborn&#8221; according to author of new paper on the topic</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/14/portable-alpha-to-be-reborn-according-to-author-of-new-paper-on-the-topic/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/14/portable-alpha-to-be-reborn-according-to-author-of-new-paper-on-the-topic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Portable alpha may have died last year.  But according to at least one expert, it's about to be reborn.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/14/portable-alpha-to-be-reborn-according-to-author-of-new-paper-on-the-topic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>San Francisco Recap: Will &#8220;tectonic shifts&#8221; in the global economy finally give emerging markets hedge funds a chance to earn some alpha?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/14/will-tectonic-shifts-in-the-global-economy-finally-give-emerging-markets-hedge-funds-a-chance-to-earn-some-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/14/will-tectonic-shifts-in-the-global-economy-finally-give-emerging-markets-hedge-funds-a-chance-to-earn-some-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 04:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's to hoping recent global economic shifts can do something to add some alpha to emerging markets "hedge" funds.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/14/will-tectonic-shifts-in-the-global-economy-finally-give-emerging-markets-hedge-funds-a-chance-to-earn-some-alpha/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>San Francisco Day Two: President Lo&#8217;s cabinet, redemption gates and weird stuff in the Canadian water supply</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/13/san-francisco-day-two-president-los-cabinet-redemption-gates-and-weird-stuff-in-the-canadian-water-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/13/san-francisco-day-two-president-los-cabinet-redemption-gates-and-weird-stuff-in-the-canadian-water-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 05:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Didn't get invited to the Davos of hedge fund conferences this year?  Just score a Nobel prize and you're in (probably).   ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/13/san-francisco-day-two-president-los-cabinet-redemption-gates-and-weird-stuff-in-the-canadian-water-supply/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>San Francisco: Hedge fund &#8220;green shoots&#8221; among many surviving trees</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/12/san-francisco-hedge-fund-green-shoots-among-many-surviving-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/12/san-francisco-hedge-fund-green-shoots-among-many-surviving-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 05:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Live from San Francisco: forest fires, choices, depressions, and the financial calamity of 1340]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/12/san-francisco-hedge-fund-green-shoots-among-many-surviving-trees/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>California Dreamin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/10/california-dreamin/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/10/california-dreamin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A research tax, "unhealthy fixations", and those poor placement agents...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Illiquidity Premium&#8221; that fuelled endowment returns falls back to 2005 levels</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/07/illiquidity-premium-that-fuelled-endowment-returns-falls-back-to-2005-levels/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/07/illiquidity-premium-that-fuelled-endowment-returns-falls-back-to-2005-levels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 00:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the secret out when it comes to endowment returns? ]]></description>
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		<title>The new look for hedge funds this summer: mutual funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-new-look-for-hedge-funds-this-summer-mutual-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-new-look-for-hedge-funds-this-summer-mutual-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge funds are on an AUM diet these days.  But have investor redemptions been a result of the underlying investment strategies used by hedge funds or the result of the fund structures themselves?    ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-new-look-for-hedge-funds-this-summer-mutual-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Do managed accounts reduce asymmetries or enhance them?  It may depend on who you ask.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/05/do-managed-accounts-reduce-asymmetries-or-enhance-them-it-may-depend-on-who-you-ask/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/05/do-managed-accounts-reduce-asymmetries-or-enhance-them-it-may-depend-on-who-you-ask/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, managed accounts are a weapon that can be employed by either institutional behemoths or retail small fry.  ]]></description>
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		<title>How private equity and (activist) hedge funds can help by reducing agency costs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/04/how-private-equity-and-activist-hedge-funds-can-help-by-reducing-agency-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/04/how-private-equity-and-activist-hedge-funds-can-help-by-reducing-agency-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's another way that hedge funds can help "rebuild" Wall Street.]]></description>
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		<title>Disentangling the effects of the short bans from those of the broader financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/03/disentangling-the-effects-of-the-short-bans-from-those-of-the-broader-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/03/disentangling-the-effects-of-the-short-bans-from-those-of-the-broader-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 01:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently published study of the short selling bans in Europe concludes that they may have had a greater impact on overall market sentiment than they did on the actual stocks at which they were targeted.]]></description>
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		<title>The Ascendancy of Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-ascendancy-of-risk-management/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-ascendancy-of-risk-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As GAIM Ops comes to a close, Abdul Sheikh, CAIA, of State Street argues that independent fund administration is now a no brainer.   ]]></description>
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		<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>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The New World Order: water companies and alpha seekers ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/29/most-financial-services-firms-are-like-water-companies-ibm-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Help us put Harry Markowitz on the hot seat</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/28/help-us-put-harry-markowitz-on-the-hot-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/28/help-us-put-harry-markowitz-on-the-hot-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever taken a finance course is likely familiar with the name Harry Markowitz.  The Nobel Prize winner is widely credited with developing the framework upon which much of modern portfolio theory is based.
What you may not know is that Markowitz is still very active in the finance profession both as an academic and as a consultant.  He currently teaches at the University of California San Diego and advises a plethora of firms.  On May 11th, he&#8217;s one of three Nobel Laureates who will be addressing institutional investors and hedge fund managers at the Global Absolute Return Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cayman Islands: Liquidity as far as the eye can see (except in some hedge funds)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/28/gaim-cayman-day-two/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/28/gaim-cayman-day-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At great risk of getting sand stuck in the AllAboutAlpha.com keyboard, we bring you some of our observations from Day Two of GAIM Ops in Cayman.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Live from GAIM Cayman: HF operations in the spotlight</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/27/live-blogging-gaim-cayman/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/27/live-blogging-gaim-cayman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Couldn't make it to Cayman for GAIM Ops?  Here's what you missed.]]></description>
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		<title>Once a cure for insomnia, hedge fund operations now keeping everyone awake at night</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/26/once-a-cure-for-insomnia-hedge-fund-operations-now-keeping-everyone-awake-at-night/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/26/once-a-cure-for-insomnia-hedge-fund-operations-now-keeping-everyone-awake-at-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We're reporting from the Cayman Islands this week on the post-12/11 future of hedge fund operations and due diligence.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/26/once-a-cure-for-insomnia-hedge-fund-operations-now-keeping-everyone-awake-at-night/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>World&#8217;s pensions hugging trees in quest for portfolio diversification</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/23/worlds-pensions-hugging-trees-in-quest-for-portfolio-diversification/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/23/worlds-pensions-hugging-trees-in-quest-for-portfolio-diversification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sophisticated institutional investors are redefining the term "tree hugger".      ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/23/worlds-pensions-hugging-trees-in-quest-for-portfolio-diversification/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Two studies find active management &#8220;put&#8221; was AWOL in 2008</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/two-studies-find-active-management-put-was-awol-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/two-studies-find-active-management-put-was-awol-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many say that the ability to dial back on beta is the hallmark of active management.  But some recent research finds that this flexibility hasn't paid off when needed most.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/two-studies-find-active-management-put-was-awol-in-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>New data leaves 130/30 brouhaha unresolved</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-data-leaves-13030-brouhaha-unresolved/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-data-leaves-13030-brouhaha-unresolved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some new research from Morningstar shows that 130/30 has performed exactly as expected by its proponents.  In aggregate, it has produced approximately zero additional alpha.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-data-leaves-13030-brouhaha-unresolved/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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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>
		
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		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/20/institutional-investors-driving-the-new-active-management-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Regulatory pressure exposing cracks in alternative investment solidarity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/19/regulatory-pressure-exposing-cracks-in-alternative-investment-solidarity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/19/regulatory-pressure-exposing-cracks-in-alternative-investment-solidarity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mounting regulatory pressure may have begun to expose fissures in the alternative investment community.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/19/regulatory-pressure-exposing-cracks-in-alternative-investment-solidarity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>This Earth Day - 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>
		
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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>Alternative investments jingling around in your pocket</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/15/alternative-investments-jingling-around-in-your-pocket/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/15/alternative-investments-jingling-around-in-your-pocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think you don't own any alternative investments?  Thing again.]]></description>
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		<title>Study sheds light on mechanics behind &#8220;herding&#8221; in equity markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/15/study-sheds-light-on-mechanics-behind-herding-in-equity-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/15/study-sheds-light-on-mechanics-behind-herding-in-equity-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new academic study examines how equity betas jump with the release of earnings announcements.  It seems that, as in the hedge fund industry, a dearth of information can lead to an over-reaction when news is released - even if that news is about a competitor.]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter from the Editor</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/13/a-letter-from-the-editor/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/13/a-letter-from-the-editor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AllAboutAlpha.com gets hitched.]]></description>
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		<title>A novel approach to monitoring daily HF returns when they don&#8217;t actually exist</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/12/a-novel-approach-to-monitoring-daily-hf-returns-when-they-dont-actually-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/12/a-novel-approach-to-monitoring-daily-hf-returns-when-they-dont-actually-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund replication is now put to a different use by researchers.  Call it "assisted hedge fund replication".    ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/12/a-novel-approach-to-monitoring-daily-hf-returns-when-they-dont-actually-exist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Incubation bias: Not just a hedge fund issue according to two law professors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/08/incubation-bias-not-just-a-hedge-fund-issue-according-to-two-law-professors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/08/incubation-bias-not-just-a-hedge-fund-issue-according-to-two-law-professors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Academics and hedge fund investors often complain about an "incubation bias" in hedge fund data bases since reporting is voluntary (i.e., hedge fund managers will only report returns if they are good).  But according to two law professors, mutual funds have been doing the same for years.  And they say the SEC should do something about it.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A closer look at the &#8220;surprisingly small&#8221; change in hedge fund numbers last year</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/07/a-closer-look-at-the-surprisingly-small-change-in-hedge-fund-numbers-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/07/a-closer-look-at-the-surprisingly-small-change-in-hedge-fund-numbers-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estimates of the amount of attrition in the hedge fund industry over the past year have ranged as high as 36%.  So we were surprised to learn last week that one study says the total number of funds fell by a paltry 1.3% last year. ]]></description>
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		<title>The changing face of hedge fund branding</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/06/the-changing-face-of-hedge-fund-branding/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/06/the-changing-face-of-hedge-fund-branding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More evidence that for hedge fund and traditional managers alike, the grass is always greener on the other side.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Heretics of Finance - Conversations with Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/05/book-review-the-heretics-of-finance-conversations-with-leading-practitioners-of-technical-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/05/book-review-the-heretics-of-finance-conversations-with-leading-practitioners-of-technical-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heretics of Finance may not change the way readers see the markets, but it just might change the way we see those who read the markets.]]></description>
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		<title>A new look at who is more susceptible to &#8220;hedge fund contagion&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/02/a-new-look-at-who-is-more-susceptible-to-hedge-fund-contagion/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/02/a-new-look-at-who-is-more-susceptible-to-hedge-fund-contagion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new academic paper confirms the belief that some hedge fund strategies have a higher correlation with the S&#038;P 500 in times of stress.  But it turns out that this axiom does not apply to all hedge fund strategies.]]></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>
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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>Updates from the Windy City</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/31/updates-from-the-windy-city/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/31/updates-from-the-windy-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AllAboutAlpha.com  rolled into the Chicago earlier today.  So if you see our tour bus rolling around the Windy City with the giant alpha symbol on the side, please wave and say hello.
It&#8217;s tough to drive a bus and read hedge fund research at the same time though (until leading investment journals launch a &#8220;books-on-tape&#8221; service).  So today we&#8217;ve assembled a series of story updates instead&#8230;
A few days ago, it looked like stock lending might be on the road to acceptability again.  But alas&#8230;
Top UK pension fund suspends stock lending-sources: &#8220;The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) has suspended all stock lending on [...]]]></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>Institutional HF survey reveals some startling shifts in opinion during the past year</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/29/institutional-hf-survey-reveals-some-startling-shifts-in-opinion-during-the-past-year/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/29/institutional-hf-survey-reveals-some-startling-shifts-in-opinion-during-the-past-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many surveys of the hedge fund industry lack a benchmark against which to gauge results.  But here's one that have been running for several years now - with roughly the same sample population.  What it reveals about 2008 is startling. ]]></description>
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		<title>Newsreel: Kitzbuhel, talent for a song, hand-me-down hedge funds, and mending lending</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/26/newsreel-kitzbuhel-talent-for-a-song-hand-me-down-hedge-funds-and-mending-lending/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/26/newsreel-kitzbuhel-talent-for-a-song-hand-me-down-hedge-funds-and-mending-lending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do hedge funds have to do with double black diamond ski runs?  Read and find out.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/26/newsreel-kitzbuhel-talent-for-a-song-hand-me-down-hedge-funds-and-mending-lending/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Despite relative outperformance, still room for alternative investments to grow.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/25/despite-relative-outperformance-still-room-for-alternative-investments-to-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/25/despite-relative-outperformance-still-room-for-alternative-investments-to-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A report covering the entire fund management industry shows that alternative investments remain a somewhat less-than-significant proportion of all assets under management.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/25/despite-relative-outperformance-still-room-for-alternative-investments-to-grow/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Hedge fund bracketology and other tidbits in new DB report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/24/hedge-fund-bracketology-and-other-tidbits-in-new-db-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/24/hedge-fund-bracketology-and-other-tidbits-in-new-db-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think you can call the results of this year's hedge fund championships?  See what the rest of the global hedge fund community has in their bracket for this year.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/24/hedge-fund-bracketology-and-other-tidbits-in-new-db-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>IOSCO in new HF report: Can&#8217;t we all just get along?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/23/iosco-in-new-hf-report-cant-we-all-just-get-along/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/23/iosco-in-new-hf-report-cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the International Organization of Securities Commissions provided its input to the upcoming G-20 Summit.  A full reading reveals a notably diplomatic and balanced view of the role of hedge funds in global financial markets.    ]]></description>
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		<title>One HF strategy that is decoupling from the decoupling</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/22/one-hf-strategy-that-is-decoupling-from-the-decoupling/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/22/one-hf-strategy-that-is-decoupling-from-the-decoupling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Decoupling" is back.  Only this time it refers not to the disconnection of global economies, but to the disconnection between hedge funds and the equity markets.  But it doesn't end there.  Some individual hedge fund strategies are also decoupling from the broader hedge fund industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Niccolo Machiavelli&#8217;s Hedge Fund Secrets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/19/niccolo-machiavellis-hedge-fund-secrets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/19/niccolo-machiavellis-hedge-fund-secrets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli warned Lorenzo d' Medici, ruler of the Florentine Republic about "the inconsistency of prosperity".  Did "Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb go back in time to advise Machiavelli?  Read this and make up your own mind.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Pendulum swinging back to investable hedge fund indices for passive HF exposure</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/18/pendulum-swinging-back-to-investable-hedge-fund-indices-for-passive-hf-exposure/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/18/pendulum-swinging-back-to-investable-hedge-fund-indices-for-passive-hf-exposure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn't long ago that investors were graduating from simple investable hedge fund indices to more sophisticated hedge fund replication products for their passive hedge fund exposure.  Now, it seems that "simple" is back as some investors are willing to stomach the high hedge fund fees in exchange for transparency and liquidity.    ]]></description>
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		<title>Is Merger Arbitrage going the way of the dodo?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/17/is-merger-arbitrage-going-the-way-of-the-dodo/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/17/is-merger-arbitrage-going-the-way-of-the-dodo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is merger arbitrage going the way of the dodo bird?  Perhaps, according to two researchers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Poll suggests &#8220;vintage knowledge&#8221; may be to blame for disinterest in alpha-centric portfolio techniques</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/16/poll-suggests-vintage-knowledge-may-be-to-blame-for-disinterest-in-alpha-centric-portfolio-techniques/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/16/poll-suggests-vintage-knowledge-may-be-to-blame-for-disinterest-in-alpha-centric-portfolio-techniques/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey of European investment professionals suggests that out-dated knowledge may be to blame for failure to adopt modern portfolio construction techniques. ]]></description>
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		<title>Survey says HF industry &#8220;getting back to its (affluent investor) roots&#8221;.  Yet institutions continue to dominate.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/16/survey-says-hf-industry-getting-back-to-its-affluent-investor-roots-yet-institutions-continue-to-dominate/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/16/survey-says-hf-industry-getting-back-to-its-affluent-investor-roots-yet-institutions-continue-to-dominate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Survey results published last week by an accounting firm focusing on affluent investors suggest that one segment is now more critical than others to hedge funds' growth plans: affluent investors.  Go figure...   ]]></description>
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		<title>Study says return-chasing could be &#8220;driving a wedge between fund and investor returns&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/12/study-says-return-chasing-could-be-driving-a-wedge-between-fund-and-investor-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/12/study-says-return-chasing-could-be-driving-a-wedge-between-fund-and-investor-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Research has previously shown that hedge fund investors, like all investors, tend to exhibit "return chasing" behavior.  Now a new academic study shows the real cost of this unfortunate proclivity.]]></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>
		
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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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		<title>Study finds less than third of HFs actually pocket mythical &#8220;2 and 20&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/10/study-finds-less-than-third-of-hfs-actually-pocket-mythical-2-and-20/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/10/study-finds-less-than-third-of-hfs-actually-pocket-mythical-2-and-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most calls for hedge fund fees to change have fallen on deaf ears.  But here's one that we think might actually fly. ]]></description>
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		<title>Academic study breaks with pack on one of the most common assumptions about hedge fund returns</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/09/academic-study-breaks-with-pack-on-one-of-the-most-common-assumptions-about-hedge-fund-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/09/academic-study-breaks-with-pack-on-one-of-the-most-common-assumptions-about-hedge-fund-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new academic paper questions the popular assumption that hedge funds are really just option-writers in drag.]]></description>
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		<title>Reading the divergent hedge fund industry barometers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/08/reading-the-divergent-hedge-fund-industry-barometers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/08/reading-the-divergent-hedge-fund-industry-barometers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One estimate of the size of the hedge fund industry garnered a lot of attention last week.  It comes in at the high end of various other divergent estimates published recently.  In fact, you might be surprised at the difference of opinion out there. ]]></description>
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		<title>A graphical look at hedge fund leverage</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/05/a-graphical-look-at-hedge-fund-leverage/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/05/a-graphical-look-at-hedge-fund-leverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FSA found last week that hedge fund leverage has dwindled to nearly zero over the past year.  But as you can see in these charts, it was never as high as commonly assumed in the first place.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds said to make a &#8220;social contribution&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/04/hedge-funds-said-to-make-a-social-contribution/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/04/hedge-funds-said-to-make-a-social-contribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years regulators have been told that hedge funds create systemic risk and social problems.  But with new regulations on the agenda for 2009, governments are starting to hear another side to the story.   ]]></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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		<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>
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		<title>Monetizing hedge fund transparency</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/monetizing-hedge-fund-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/03/monetizing-hedge-fund-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would life be like with full hedge fund transparency?  For clues, you needn't look much further than the US requirement to submit "13F" filings.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of financial job opportunities said to plug potential hedge fund brain drain for now</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/lack-of-financial-job-opportunities-said-to-plug-potential-hedge-fund-brain-drain-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/lack-of-financial-job-opportunities-said-to-plug-potential-hedge-fund-brain-drain-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our field trip to Asia this week reveals that dueling jurisdictions of Hong Kong and Singapore are microcosms for the challenges faced by hedge funds around the world.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Subscription Gates&#8221;: Why some hedge funds (used to) turn their backs on new money</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/27/subscription-gates-why-some-hedge-funds-used-to-turn-their-backs-on-new-money/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/27/subscription-gates-why-some-hedge-funds-used-to-turn-their-backs-on-new-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We've heard a lot of about hedge fund "redemption gates".  But what happened to "subscription gates"?]]></description>
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		<title>Data in new UBS report supports Bernanke&#8217;s view that HF leverage not a top concern</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/26/data-in-new-ubs-report-supports-bernankes-view-that-hf-leverage-not-a-top-concern/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/26/data-in-new-ubs-report-supports-bernankes-view-that-hf-leverage-not-a-top-concern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke showed up at his annual Humphrey Hawkins testimony to talk about the risks posed by banks - specifically big banks.  But what at least one Senator was just as concerned about another kind of institution.  ]]></description>
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		<title>If hedge fund &#8220;overcrowding&#8221; was bad for returns, is recent &#8220;undercrowding&#8221; going to be good?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/24/if-hedge-fund-overcrowding-was-bad-for-returns-is-recent-undercrowding-going-to-be-good/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/24/if-hedge-fund-overcrowding-was-bad-for-returns-is-recent-undercrowding-going-to-be-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Research has long suggested that inflows of capital into the hedge fund industry hurt alpha returns.  But does the opposite hold true?  Do outflows bode well for the industry?]]></description>
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		<title>How layoffs in the Asian banking sector might be a boon for hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/23/how-layoffs-in-the-asian-banking-sector-might-be-a-boon-for-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/23/how-layoffs-in-the-asian-banking-sector-might-be-a-boon-for-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian hedge funds have taken it on the chin recently.  But then again, so has the Asian financial sector in general.  And this has some hedge fund managers now thinking that the glass may be half-full, not half-empty.]]></description>
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		<title>Value of HF companies dives in Q4, but &#8220;growth trajectory remains strong&#8221;: Report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/22/value-of-hf-companies-dives-in-q4-but-growth-trajectory-remains-strong-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/22/value-of-hf-companies-dives-in-q4-but-growth-trajectory-remains-strong-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Automobiles weren't the only things sitting in showrooms unsold at the end of Q4...]]></description>
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