Monday, May 12, 2014

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Greetings! Here is your post digest for the previous week. Our pieces featured discussions about Bitcoin, LDI, mutual funds, and moreEnjoy!

 

Our Recent Posts:

 

Payments, Technology, and a Curve with a Kink in It 

On Barhydt's view, we have to see Bitcoin and other currencies like it as part of an evolution of the whole world of commerce, payments, and exchange, a vast movement of disintermediation that threatens to disrupt the banking and finance industries. 

 

Why Do Investors Love Large Hedge Funds? 

Jeff Malec, CAIA, looks at why large hedge funds have all the fun and get all the money. 

 

The Dynamism of a Cyclist: EDHEC on LDI 

Europe's pension fund managers embrace LDI quite generally, and many embrace the "dynamic" version of that strategy. But four scholars at EDHEC find it curious they don't do so for the right reason -- they don't seem to see LDI as the risk-management imperative it is. 

 

High-end Luxuries: Word of Mouth vs. Digital Platforms 

The Big Items subsector of the luxury industry sells yachts, private jets, etc. Fifty-eight percent of the respondents in this subsector told researchers that they would soon increase their digital footprint as part of a growth strategy. 

 

Performance Drag in Alternative Multi-manager Mutual Funds

Guest columnists Andrew Beer and Michael Weinberg look at the opportunities that lie in the largely untapped alternative mutual fund markets.

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