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A White Paper - Is there an alternative to alternative asset classes?

Thursday, September 18, 2008
The role and relevance of alternative alternatives.

A SQUARE :: 18Sep08 A White Paper - Is there an alternative to alternative asset classes?
Category Alternatives
Author Sona Blessing
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[08Jan09] [Alternatives] How successful have allocations to A SQUARE's alternative alternatives been in the year 2008?
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[18Dec08] [Alternatives] An Alt Alt Index
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[07Apr08] [Alternatives] Fund of funds that allocates to alternative alternatives
Invests with “early” niche managers - i.e. inefficiency (risk premia) have not been diluted

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[30Jan08] [Alternatives] ASQUARE first anniversary issue special - Part III
Looks at how alternative alternatives can be strategically positioned within a portfolio

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[23Jan08] [Alternatives] ASQUARE’s First Anniversary Special - Part II
I have chosen to elaborate on foreign exchange (FX - hedging vs. absolute return generation), volatility, hybrids and alternatives to plain

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[15Jan08] [Alternatives] ASQUARE's first anniversary special - Part I
Sources of returns that are uncorrelated to the broader financial markets - especially in times of financial distress and when “normally” non-correlating asset classes converge

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[09Jan08] [Alternatives] A SQUARE special
Performance, review and 2008 prospects

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[11Sep07] [Alternatives] The Plenum Specialized Commodity Fund
Fund of funds comprises allocations to the shipping and freight sector, energy distillates + uranium, electricity, water +commodity softs - grains and base metals

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[26Jun07] [Alternatives] Wood Creek Multi-Asset Fund
"Our internal research indicates that an allocation of between 5-10% to alt alt investment strategies benefits most institutional investors’ portfolios. ..."

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[02Apr07] [Alternatives] The Millennium Wave Fund (MWF)
MWF is a fund of alternative funds that invests in non-directional, niche strategies where barriers to entry tend to be high

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