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<p>Acknowledgments ix</p> <p><b>Part I Introduction 1</b></p> <p>1 Alternative Investments: An Overview 3<br /><i>H. Kent Baker and Greg Filbeck</i></p> <p>2 The Role of Alternative Investments in Strategic Asset Allocation 19<br /><i>Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Haß, and Denis Schweizer</i></p> <p>3 Trends in Alternative Investments 37<br /><i>Erik Benrud</i></p> <p>4 Alternative Investments and Due Diligence 53<br /><i>Göğkhan Afyonoğlu</i></p> <p><b>Part II Real Estate 77</b></p> <p>5 REITs and the Private Real Estate Market 79<br /><i>Shaun A. Bond and Qingqing Chang</i></p> <p>6 Commercial Real Estate 99<br /><i>Peter Chinloy</i></p> <p>7 Real Estate Investment Trusts 119<br /><i>Brad Case</i></p> <p>8 Mortgaged-Backed Securities 143<br /><i>Eric J. Higgins</i></p> <p>9 Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity in Real Estate 163<br /><i>Andrew R. Berman</i></p> <p>10 Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation 185<br /><i>Jeffrey D. Fisher and Demetrios Louziotis, Jr.</i></p> <p>11 Performance of Real Estate Portfolios 213<br /><i>David Geltner</i></p> <p><b>Part III Private Equity 239</b></p> <p>12 Venture Capital 241<br /><i>Tom Vanacker and Sophie Manigart</i></p> <p>13 Mezzanine Capital 263<br /><i>Sameer Jain and Phillip Myburgh</i></p> <p>14 Buyout Funds 281<br /><i>Christian Rauch and Mark Wahrenburg</i></p> <p>15 Distressed Debt Investing 303<br /><i>Michelle M. Harner, Paul E. Harner, Catherine M. Martin, and Aaron M. Singer</i></p> <p>16 Performance of Private Equity 323<br /><i>Christoph Kaserer and Rϋdiger Stucke</i></p> <p>17 Private Equity: Risk and Return Profile 345<br /><i>Axel Buchner, Arif Khurshed, and Abdulkadir Mohamed</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Commodities and Managed Futures 363</b></p> <p>18 Investing in Commodities 365<br /><i>Claudio Boido</i></p> <p>19 Performance of Commodities 381<br /><i>Andrew Clark</i></p> <p>20 Commodity Futures and Strategic Asset Allocation 399<br /><i>Yongyang Su, Marco C. K. Lau, and Frankie Chau</i></p> <p>21 Managed Futures: Markets, Investment Characteristics, and Role in a Portfolio 419<br /><i>Davide Accomazzo</i></p> <p>22 An Overview of Managed Futures’ Performance: 1983 to Post-2008 Credit Crisis 437<br /><i>Kai-Hong Tee</i></p> <p><b>Part V Hedge Funds 453</b></p> <p>23 Investing in Hedge Funds 455<br /><i>Hunter M. Holzhauer</i></p> <p>24 Performance of Hedge Funds 475<br /><i>Dianna Preece</i></p> <p>25 Hedge Funds and Risk Management 495<br /><i>Theodore Syriopoulos</i></p> <p>26 Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis 521<br /><i>Jing-Zhi Huang and Ying Wang</i></p> <p>27 Hedge Funds: Replication and Nonlinearities 541<br /><i>Mikhail Tupitsyn and Paul Lajbcygier</i></p> <p>28 Fund-of-Funds: A Tale of Two Fees 567<br /><i>Kartik Patel</i></p> <p>Answers to Discussion Questions 587</p> <p>Index 619</p>

<p><b>H. KENT BAKER, PhD, CFA, CMA,</b> is University Professor of Finance at the Kogod School of Business, American University in Washington, D.C. As one of the most prolific finance academics, he is the author or editor of 18 books, and more than 150 refereed articles in such publications as the <i>Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management,</i> and <i>Harvard Business Review.</i> He has consulting and training experience with more than 100 organizations. Professor Baker received a BSBA from Georgetown University; MEd, MBA, and DBA degrees from the University of Maryland; and an MA, MS, and two PhDs from American University. He also holds CFA and CMA designations.</p> <p><b>GREG FILBECK</b> holds the Samuel P. Black III Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at Penn State Erie, The Behrend School, and serves as Program Chair for Finance. He previously served as senior vice-president at Kaplan Schweser, and also held academic appointments at Miami University (Ohio) and the University of Toledo, where he served as the associate director of the Center for Family and Privately-Held Business. Professor Filbeck is a coauthor of <i>Derivatives and Risk Management</i> and editor of <i>CFA Basics: The Schweser Study Guide to Getting Started.</i> He has published more than 70 refereed academic journal articles that have appeared in the <i>Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Review,</i> and <i>Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.</i> Professor Filbeck serves on the editorial board of the J<i>ournal of Business and Economic Perspectives</i> and as a board member for the Southern Finance Association.</p>

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