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Real estate or infrastructure? Evidence from conditional asset allocation

This study by Tobias Dechant and Konrad Finkenzeller from the University of Rengensberg’s BS Institute of Real Estate, reassesses the role of real estate in the asset allocation processs, by considering a wide range of alternative and/or seemingly related assets, paying particular attention to infrastructure.
 December 21, 2010
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In defence of hedge funds of funds

Funds of funds, particularly hedge funds of funds, have suffered outflows in recent years as pension funds reassessed their cost alongside risk and return characteristics. The conventional wisdom is that all types of FoFs are at death’s door.
 December 15, 2010
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The case for leveraged loans

Leveraged loans are the senior-most debt obligations of non-investment grade corporate borrowers and are an attractive source for uncorrelated returns, argue David Frey and Julian Qin, of Highbridge Principal Strategies.
 December 15, 2010
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