John Abbink – Alternative Assets and Strategic Allocation

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An intelligent approach to strategic asset allocation decisions that includes both alternative and traditional assets.

In this much-needed resource, alternative and portfolio management specialist John Abbink illustrates and discusses innovative strategies for assessing and utilizing alternative assets.

Alternative Assets and Strategic Allocation explains how alternative assets fit into portfolios and play a part in an investment allocation that includes traditional investments. This book also presents novel approaches for valuing alternatives that were previously impossible to evaluate.
Provides a straightforward way for monitoring and assessing alternative assets for institutional investors, analysts, researchers, portfolio managers, and financial academics.
Examines some of the most recent and popular alternatives, such as high-frequency trading, direct lending, and long-term investing in real assets.
Outlines a strategy for incorporating alternative investments into portfolios and demonstrates the critical role they play in investment allocation.

Using the knowledge in this book, you’ll gain a better understanding of how to handle investing challenges involving alternative assets and learn what it takes to make these products work for you.

Section I: Table of Contents

Illustrations list

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

What Is the Difference Between Alternative Investments?

This book’s strategy.

PART 1: Analytical Tools

1st Risk and Return

2 Increased Return.

3 Qualities of the Quantitative Toolkit

4 Risk Assessment

PART TWO: A Few Examples

5 Equity Long/Short.

Direct lending is number six.

Arbitrage in mergers.

Trading at high frequencies.

9 Investing in Private Assets for Cash Flows

Fixed-Income Arbitrage 10

11 Investments Driven by Events

PART THREE: Job Management

12 Real-World Investment Strategies

13 Possibility.

14 Trade Capability

15 Liquidity in Institutions

Tactical Allocation 16

Portfolio Liquidity 17

18 Information Theory and Alternative Investments

PART FOUR: Portfolio Development.

19 Investment Classification

Diversification of Strategies 20

Risk in Multiple Dimensions.

22 Completing the Allocation

Tide and Time.

24 Allocation Decision Management

25 Closing Remarks

Bibliography.

Index.

Author Biographical Information

JOHN B. ABBINK has 29 years of expertise in investment businesses such as Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and Deutsche Bank. He was previously a senior vice president and director of manager research at National City Corporation. Abbink earned his BA at Michigan State University and his PhD at Yale.

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