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Alternative Investments: Expanding Frontiers provides a modern, analytically grounded introduction to the rapidly evolving world of alternative assets. Bridging academic research, institutional practice, and data-driven analysis, the book goes beyond asset-class definitions to explore how alternatives actually function within portfolios.

Readers are guided through private markets, hedge fund strategies, real assets, and liquid alternatives with a focus on return drivers, risk mechanics, structural design, and empirical evaluation. The text emphasizes intuition, transparency, and practical implementation—showing how modern quantitative tools and data can be used to assess performance, manage risk, and make informed allocation decisions.

Designed for graduate students, investment professionals, and analytically minded practitioners, the book balances conceptual clarity with real-world relevance, preparing readers to think critically about alternatives in an increasingly complex investment landscape.

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