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Book Synopsis
A comprehensive guide to alternative investments that reveals today''s latest research and strategies

Historically low interest rates and bear markets in world stock markets have generated intense interest in alternative investments. With returns in traditional investment vehicles relatively low, many professional investors view alternative investments as a means of meeting their return objectives. Alternative Investments: Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies, can put you in a better position to achieve this difficult goal.

Part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Alternative Investments provides an in-depth discussion of the historic performance, benchmarks, and strategies of every major alternative investment market. With contributions from professionals and academics around the world, it offers valuable insights on the latest trends, research, and thinking in each major area. Empirical evidence about each type of alternative inves

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Part I Introduction 1

1 Alternative Investments: An Overview 3
H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck

2 The Role of Alternative Investments in Strategic Asset Allocation 19
Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Haß, and Denis Schweizer

3 Trends in Alternative Investments 37
Erik Benrud

4 Alternative Investments and Due Diligence 53
Göğkhan Afyonoğlu

Part II Real Estate 77

5 REITs and the Private Real Estate Market 79
Shaun A. Bond and Qingqing Chang

6 Commercial Real Estate 99
Peter Chinloy

7 Real Estate Investment Trusts 119
Brad Case

8 Mortgaged-Backed Securities 143
Eric J. Higgins

9 Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity in Real Estate 163
Andrew R. Berman

10 Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation 185
Jeffrey D. Fisher and Demetrios Louziotis, Jr.

11 Performance of Real Estate Portfolios 213
David Geltner

Part III Private Equity 239

12 Venture Capital 241
Tom Vanacker and Sophie Manigart

13 Mezzanine Capital 263
Sameer Jain and Phillip Myburgh

14 Buyout Funds 281
Christian Rauch and Mark Wahrenburg

15 Distressed Debt Investing 303
Michelle M. Harner, Paul E. Harner, Catherine M. Martin, and Aaron M. Singer

16 Performance of Private Equity 323
Christoph Kaserer and Rϋdiger Stucke

17 Private Equity: Risk and Return Profile 345
Axel Buchner, Arif Khurshed, and Abdulkadir Mohamed

Part IV Commodities and Managed Futures 363

18 Investing in Commodities 365
Claudio Boido

19 Performance of Commodities 381
Andrew Clark

20 Commodity Futures and Strategic Asset Allocation 399
Yongyang Su, Marco C. K. Lau, and Frankie Chau

21 Managed Futures: Markets, Investment Characteristics, and Role in a Portfolio 419
Davide Accomazzo

22 An Overview of Managed Futures’ Performance: 1983 to Post-2008 Credit Crisis 437
Kai-Hong Tee

Part V Hedge Funds 453

23 Investing in Hedge Funds 455
Hunter M. Holzhauer

24 Performance of Hedge Funds 475
Dianna Preece

25 Hedge Funds and Risk Management 495
Theodore Syriopoulos

26 Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis 521
Jing-Zhi Huang and Ying Wang

27 Hedge Funds: Replication and Nonlinearities 541
Mikhail Tupitsyn and Paul Lajbcygier

28 Fund-of-Funds: A Tale of Two Fees 567
Kartik Patel

Answers to Discussion Questions 587

Index 619

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9781118241127, 978-1118241127
      ISBN10: 1118241126

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A comprehensive guide to alternative investments that reveals today''s latest research and strategies

      Historically low interest rates and bear markets in world stock markets have generated intense interest in alternative investments. With returns in traditional investment vehicles relatively low, many professional investors view alternative investments as a means of meeting their return objectives. Alternative Investments: Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies, can put you in a better position to achieve this difficult goal.

      Part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Alternative Investments provides an in-depth discussion of the historic performance, benchmarks, and strategies of every major alternative investment market. With contributions from professionals and academics around the world, it offers valuable insights on the latest trends, research, and thinking in each major area. Empirical evidence about each type of alternative inves

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments ix

      Part I Introduction 1

      1 Alternative Investments: An Overview 3
      H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck

      2 The Role of Alternative Investments in Strategic Asset Allocation 19
      Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Haß, and Denis Schweizer

      3 Trends in Alternative Investments 37
      Erik Benrud

      4 Alternative Investments and Due Diligence 53
      Göğkhan Afyonoğlu

      Part II Real Estate 77

      5 REITs and the Private Real Estate Market 79
      Shaun A. Bond and Qingqing Chang

      6 Commercial Real Estate 99
      Peter Chinloy

      7 Real Estate Investment Trusts 119
      Brad Case

      8 Mortgaged-Backed Securities 143
      Eric J. Higgins

      9 Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity in Real Estate 163
      Andrew R. Berman

      10 Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation 185
      Jeffrey D. Fisher and Demetrios Louziotis, Jr.

      11 Performance of Real Estate Portfolios 213
      David Geltner

      Part III Private Equity 239

      12 Venture Capital 241
      Tom Vanacker and Sophie Manigart

      13 Mezzanine Capital 263
      Sameer Jain and Phillip Myburgh

      14 Buyout Funds 281
      Christian Rauch and Mark Wahrenburg

      15 Distressed Debt Investing 303
      Michelle M. Harner, Paul E. Harner, Catherine M. Martin, and Aaron M. Singer

      16 Performance of Private Equity 323
      Christoph Kaserer and Rϋdiger Stucke

      17 Private Equity: Risk and Return Profile 345
      Axel Buchner, Arif Khurshed, and Abdulkadir Mohamed

      Part IV Commodities and Managed Futures 363

      18 Investing in Commodities 365
      Claudio Boido

      19 Performance of Commodities 381
      Andrew Clark

      20 Commodity Futures and Strategic Asset Allocation 399
      Yongyang Su, Marco C. K. Lau, and Frankie Chau

      21 Managed Futures: Markets, Investment Characteristics, and Role in a Portfolio 419
      Davide Accomazzo

      22 An Overview of Managed Futures’ Performance: 1983 to Post-2008 Credit Crisis 437
      Kai-Hong Tee

      Part V Hedge Funds 453

      23 Investing in Hedge Funds 455
      Hunter M. Holzhauer

      24 Performance of Hedge Funds 475
      Dianna Preece

      25 Hedge Funds and Risk Management 495
      Theodore Syriopoulos

      26 Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis 521
      Jing-Zhi Huang and Ying Wang

      27 Hedge Funds: Replication and Nonlinearities 541
      Mikhail Tupitsyn and Paul Lajbcygier

      28 Fund-of-Funds: A Tale of Two Fees 567
      Kartik Patel

      Answers to Discussion Questions 587

      Index 619

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