Portable Alpha Pothole: Colorado Fire and Police moves into absolute return vehicles

Instead of controlling risk, portable alpha added to it, largely because of the leverage involved.

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By Katie Gilbert

Few investment strategies have taken as much heat since last year’s crash as portable alpha, which pension managers employed in recent years in an effort to create enhanced index returns.

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