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The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) seeks to enhance the understanding of the field of alternative investments through research, education, and networking opportunities for our member donors, industry professionals and academics.

 

Published Research

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Understanding Hedge Fund Performance: Research Results and Rules of Thumb for the Institutional Investor

H. Kazemi, G. Martin, T. Schneeweis

Lehman Brothers

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Merger Arbitrage: Evidence of Profitability

T. Yang, B. Branch

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall 2001

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Revealing the Market Price of Risk from the Short-Term Rate Process

G. Georgiev, J. Jung, H. Kazemi and M. Mahdavi

Studies in Economics and Finance

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The Benefits of Commodity Investment

Georgi Georgiev

Journal of Alternative Investments, Summer 2001

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A Study of Survival: Commodity Trading Advisors, 1988-1996

R. Spurgin, T. Schneeweis

Journal of Alternative Investments, Winter 2000

279kb

Making Sense of Hedge Funds: What Matters and What Doesn't.

George Martin

Derivatives Strategy, 2000

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Alternative Investments in the Institutional Portfolio

T. Schneeweis, R. Spurgin

Summary Document, AIMA, 1999

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A Benchmark for Commodity Trading Advisor Performance

R. Spurgin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall 1999

59kb

Time-Varying Risk and Return in the Bond Market: A Test of New Equilibrium Pricing Model

H. Kazemi, C. Campbell, P. Nanisetty

Review of Financial Studies (1999)

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Alpha, Alpha, Who's Got the Alpha?

T. Schneeweis

Journal of Alternative Investments, Winter, 1999

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Quantitative Analysis of Hedge Fund and Managed Futures Return and Risk Characteristics

T. Schneeweis, R. Spurgin

R. Lake ed., Evaluating and Implementing Hedge Fund Strategies, 1999

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Efficient Estimation of Intraday Volatility: A Method-of-Moments Approach Incorporating the Trading Range.

R. Spurgin, T. Schneeweis

P. Lequeux ed., Financial Markets Tick by Tick, 1998

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Classification of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) Using Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis

T. Mitev

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall 1998

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Multi-Factor Models of Hedge Fund, Managed Futures, and Mutual Fund Return and Risk Characteristics

T. Schneeweis, R. Spurgin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall, 1998

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Naïve and Optimal Diversification for Managed Futures

Thomas Henker and George Martin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall, 1998

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Distressed Investor Performance: A Look at the Early 1990s

Philip Russel and Ben Branch

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall, 1998

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Recent Developments in International Asset Allocation and Currency Risk Management

Hossein Kazemi

Journal of Alternative Investments, Summer, 1998

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Dealing with Myths of Hedge Funds

Thomas Schneeweis

Journal of Alternative Investments, Summer, 1998

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A Review of Hedge Fund Performance Benchmarks

David McCarthy, Richard Spurgin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Summer, 1998

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Private Debt: Past, Present, and Future: Part 1

George Martin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Summer, 1998

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Managed Futures, Hedge Fund and Mutual Fund Performance: An Equity Class Analysis

Richard Spurgin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Summer, 1998

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Skewness in Asset Returns: Does it Matter?

George Martin and Richard Spurgin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall, 1998

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Skewness in Asset Returns: Does it Matter?

George Martin and Richard Spurgin

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall, 1998

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Closed-End Country Fund Performance A Cross-Country Comparison

Thomas Schneeweis, Richard Spurgin, W. Dinning

Journal of Alternative Investments, Fall, 1998

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Informational Content in Historical CTA Performance

Thomas Schneeweis, Richard Spurgin, D. McCarthy

Journal of Futures Markets May, 1997

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Comparisons of Commodity and Managed Futures Benchmark Indices

Thomas Schneeweis, Richard Spurgin

Journal of Derivatives Summer, 1997

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Return Interval Selection and CTA Performance Analysis

D. McCarthy, G. Martin

Derivatives Quarterly, Summer, 1997

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Survivor Bias in Commodity Trading Advisor Performance

Thomas Schneeweis, Richard Spurgin, D. McCarthy

Journal of Futures Markets October, 1996

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Investment in CTAs An Alternative Managed Futures Investment

D. McCarthy, Thomas Schneeweis, Richard Spurgin

Journal of Derivatives, Summer, 1996

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Managed Futures and Hedge Fund Investment for Downside Equity Risk Management

Thomas Schneeweis, Richard Spurgin, M. Potter

Derivatives Quarterly, Fall, 1996

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International Convergence of Interest Rates

H. Kazemi, D. Warotamasikkhadit

Global Finance Journal, 1996

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Optimal Hedging Strategy when Spot and Futures Prices Follow Time-Varying Processes

H. Kazemi, A. Altay, V. A. Nageswaran

The Journal of Financial Engineering, 1996

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Corporate Performance and Firm Perception The British Experience

Thomas Schneeweis , Sudhir Nanda, Kristina Eneroth

European Financial Management Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1996)

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Corporate Ethics and Shareholder Wealth Maximization

Nelson Lacey, Donald Chambers

Financial Practice and Education, 1996

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The Effectiveness of the CAC40 in Investment Risk/Return Management

H. Geman, Thomas Schneeweis

R. Aggerwal ed. Global Investment Management (Academic Press, 1995)

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Financial Futures Markets

Thomas Schneeweis, Jot Yau

D. Logue ed. Handbook of Financial Markets (Warren, Gorham, Lamont, 1995)

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Return Generating of Long-term Bonds and Measurement of Risk: Theory and Empirical Tests

Hossein Kazemi, Nikolas Milonas, P. Nanisetty

The Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Vol. 5 (1995)

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Mean Reversion, Random Walk and Jumps in Real Exchange Rates

Hossein Kazemi, Mahnaz Mahdavi

International Journal of Finance Vol. 7 (1995)

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U.S. Banking Regulations: Lessons For Central and Eastern Europe

Nelson Lacey

The Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow, Poland (1995)

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Market Microstructure Empirical Regularities: Behavior of the Bid-Ask Spread and Closing Prices

Ben Branch, D. Echeverria

Financial Review, August, 1995

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Performance Evaluation Models in Exchange Rate Futures

Jot Yau, Thomas Schneeweis

Journal of Multinational Financial Management Vol. 4, No. 1/2, 1994

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Jump-Diffusion Processes in the Foreign Exchange Markets and The Release of Macroeconomic News

Gordon Johnson , Thomas Schneeweis

Journal of Computational Economics Vol. 7, 1994

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Option Wagering in Point Spread Betting Markets

Nelson Lacey, Donald Chambers

The Journal of Derivatives, Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1994

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First Tests of Market Efficiency in Poland

Nelson Lacey

Krakow Academy of Economics Press, Krakow, Poland, 1994

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Tactical Asset Allocation: Can it Work

Ben Branch, Joong-Soo Nam

Journal of Financial Research, Winter, 1994

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Financial Futures Markets

Thomas Schneeweis, Jot Yau

D. Logue ed. Handbook of Modern Finance; Warren, Gorham, Lamont, 1993 ; chapter 10

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The French Notional Futures Contract in Risk/Return Management

Thomas Schneeweis, Helyette Geman

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1993

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Closed-End Country Funds Exchange Rate and Investment Risk

Gordon Johnson, Thomas Schneeweis, W. Dinning

Financial Analyst Journal, 1993

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Convexity, Risk, and Return

Nelson Lacey, Sanjay Nawalkha

Journal of Fixed Income, December 1993

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Multi-Manager Commodity Portfolios A Risk/Return Analysis

D. McCarthy, U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

Epstein ed. Managed Future in the Institutional Portfolio, Wiley, 1992

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Immunizing Bond Portfolios in a Multiple Term Structure Economy

Nelson Lacey, Sanjay Nawalkha

International Review of Economics and Finance, Volume 1, Number 3, 1992

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Convexity For Bonds With Special Cash Flow Streams

Nelson Lacey, Sanjay Nawalkha

Financial Analysts Journal, Volume 47, Number 1, 1992

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Multi-Manager Commodity Portfolios A Risk/Return Analysis

D. McCarthy, U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

C. Epstein ed. Managed Future in the Institutional Portfolio, Wiley, 1992

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Alternative Performance Models in Interest Rate Futures

Jot Yau, Uttama Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

B. Goss ed. Rational Expectations and Efficiency in Futures Markets, Routledge, 1992

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Trading/Non-Trading and Informational Effects in U.S. Treasury Bond Futures

J. Yau and U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

S. Koury ed. Recent Developments in International Banking and Finance Volume VI, Blackwell, 1992

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Alternative Commodity Trading Vehicles A Performance Analysis

D. McCarthy, U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

of Futures Markets, August, 1991

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International Trading Time/Non-Trading Time Effects in French Futures Markets

H. Geman, U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

J. Ronen, ed. Accounting and Financial Globalization, Quorum, New York, New York, 1991

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The Impact of Bid-Ask Spreads on Market Anomalies

Ben Branch, David Echeverria

Financial Review, May, 1991

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Alternative Commodity Trading Vehicles A Performance Analysis

D. McCarthy, U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

Journal of Futures Markets, August, 1991

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International Trading Time/Non-Trading Time Effects in French Futures Markets

H. Geman, U. Savanayana, Thomas Schneeweis

J. Ronen, ed. Accounting and Financial Globalization, Quorum, New York, 1991

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International Diversification A Further Analysis

Joanne Hill, Thomas Schneeweis, Jot Yau

Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting International Dimensions, Volume 4 1990

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The Effect of Alternative Return Measures in Financial Futures Research

Thomas Schneeweis, J. Yau, U. Savanayana

Frank Fabozzi ed. Advances in Futures and Options Research, Vol. 4, 1990

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Close-Form Solutions of Convexity and M-Square

Sanjay Nawalkha, Nelson Lacey, Thomas Schneeweis

Financial Analyst Journal, January/February, 1990

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International Trading Time/Non-Trading Time Effects on Risk Estimation in Futures Markets

J. Hill , Thomas Schneeweis, J. Yau

Journal of Futures Markets, August, 1990

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Financial Futures Markets International Dimensions

Thomas Schneeweis, Jot Yau

D. Logue ed. Handbook of Modern Finance (Warren Gorham and Lamont, 1990), 12.1-12.15

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The Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Nikkei 225 Futures Contract in Risk-Return Management

Jot Yau, J. Hill, Thomas Schneeweis

Global Finance Journal, Fall, 1990

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The Effect of Alternative Return Measures in Financial Futures Research

Thomas Schneeweis, J. Yau, U. Savanayana

Frank Fabozzi ed. Advances in Futures and Options Research, Vol. 4, 1990

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Generalized Solutions of Higher Order Duration Measures

Nelson Lacey, Sanjay Nawalkha

Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 14, 1990

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Market Driven Real Interest Rates

Nelson Lacey

The Review of Research in Banking and Finance, Volume 6, Number 1, 1990

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An Examination of Market Efficiency in the NFL Point Spread Betting Market

Nelson Lacey

Applied Economics, Vol. 22, 1990

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More Generalized Hedging Models for Options

Nelson Lacey, Donald Chambers

Managing Institutional Assets, 1990, Harper and Row, New York

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Perceptions of Management Quality and Firm Performance: Does Management Make a Difference

Thomas Schneeweis, Jean McGuire, Ben Branch

Journal of Management Vol. 6, No. 2, 1990

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