Alternative Assets and Strategic Allocation

An insightful guide to making strategic investment allocationdecisions that embraces both alternative and conventional assets In this much-needed resource, alternative and portfoliomanagement expert John Abbink demonstrates new ways of analyzingand deploying alternative assets and explains the practicalapplication of these techniques. Alternative Assets and Strategic Allocation clearly showshow alternative investments fit into portfolios and the role theyplay in an investment allocation that includes traditionalinvestments as well. This book also describes innovative methodsfor valuation as applied to alternatives that previously have beendifficult to analyze. * Offers institutional investors, analysts, researchers,portfolio managers, and financial academics a down-to-earth methodfor measuring and analyzing alternative assets * Reviews some of the latest alternatives that are increasing inpopularity, such as high-frequency trading, direct lending, andlong-term investment in real assets * Outlines a strategic approach for including alternativeinvestments into portfolios and shows the pivotal role they play inan investment allocation Using the information found in this book, you'll have a clearersense of how to approach investment issues related to alternativeassets and discover what it takes to make these products work foryou.