ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies

• Other Authors: Baker, H. Kent (Harold Kent), 1944- (Editor), Filbeck, Greg (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey Wiley-Blackwell 2013
• Edition: Print book : English
• Series: Robert W. Kolb series in finance
• Subjects: Investments; Asset allocation; Investment analysis
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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.

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Alternative investments : an overview / H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck
• The role of alternative investments in strategic asset allocation / Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Haá, Denis Schweizer
• Trends in alternative investments / Erik Benrud
• Alternative investments and due diligence / Gekhan Afyonolu
• Answers to discussion questions
• Index.