About Us

Welcome to the World Wide Web site of the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

CISDM (Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets) is a non-profit academic research center which focuses on security and investment fund performance in both U.S. and international asset markets. The goals of CISDM are to facilitate research in both traditional and alternative investment markets, to promote interactions between the academic and business communities, and to make available CISDM educational material on international financial markets to financial and non-financial firms.

To accomplish these tasks, CISDM funds research activities for faculty and students, sponsors annual conferences in London, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Amherst. The conferences are designed to present current CISDM research in the areas of international and alternative investments.

We also keep our readers aware of new services and information sources offered by private and public organizations (including those on the World Wide Web) in the area of international financial markets.

Lastly, we publish on our Web Site a series of publicly available passive and actively managed fund indices in the areas of equity, fixed-income, managed futures, and hedge fund investment.

CISDM is also the editorial home of the Journal of Alternative Investments and the proud co-sponsor with Alternative Investment Management Association of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association.