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Is it time to Google “Alternative Investments?”
We’re not big into analyzing the stock market. It’s not our thing, and there’s little evidence the people whose thing it actually is are any good at it. However, a +30% return by the S&P 500 last...
View ArticleAlternative Investment Conference Spotlights Managed Futures
We just couldn’t get enough of the conference action last week with the NIBA and the CTA Expo, and spent the beginning of this week exploring what the “Alternative Investments Conference” has to offer....
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Chatting with Gary Fencik- Meeting of the Alternative Minds
While attending the CFA Conference in Chicago, we had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Gary Fencik (yes, good old #45 from the 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl-winning team) who is a partner of the...
View ArticleThe Why Alternatives? Wrap Up
We’ve had a couple of days now to recover from a week of conference coverage, and we’ve found ourselves reflecting upon the value provided by each conference, along with common threads between the...
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Attain presents Why Alternatives?: CFA Interview with Scott Welch
Scott Welch, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Fortigent, LLC presented at CFA, and we had a chance to talk with him afterwards. Fortigent provides “wealth management solutions and consulting...
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Attain presents Why Alternatives?: Looking into Emerging Market Exposure
There was an interesting talk on identifying opportunities within emerging markets at SALT today, with an all-star panel of speakers from a host of emerging markets funds. The big focus (again) was on...
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Attain presents Why Alternatives?: Hedge Fund Mutualization at SALT 2012
If you read our blog… ever… you know we don’t like managed futures mutual funds. To be honest, we sort of feel like we’ve been lashing out at the space a little too much lately, but they make it so...
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Attain presents Why Alternatives?: The Future of VIX Futures
As our discussion of alternatives continues this week, we took a moment to chat with James Lubin of the CBOE, where he works closely with those promoting VIX futures. We’ve touched on VIX futures in...
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Attain presents Why Alternatives?: CFA Highlights
The whirlwind that is CFA has ended, leaving us some time to gather our thoughts, and summarize the ideas shared by some of the speakers we found most interesting. Randall Kroszner We had the chance to...
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Attain presents Why Alternatives?: Review of Day One at SALT 2012
SALT 2012, the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference, hit the ground running yesterday, with a full day of interesting speakers and engaging content. It’s a who’s who of alternatives, but by no means is...
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