Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine - November 2008 - (Page 17)

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Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine - November 2008 Contents Letter from the Editor Longs & Shorts Pension Corner: Risk Rewarded The Good Guys: In the Here and Now Interview: Minister of Finance Cover Story: The Agony of Dan Zwirn Strategies: The Early Birds Are Awake Strategies: The Call of Shari’a Profile: Sweet Home Chicago Research Center: What Stampede? Alpha Bytes: Centralize the Data Unhedged: Commentary: Learning from the Wreckage

Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine - November 2008

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