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Hossein B. Kazemi

Director, CISDM & Michael and Cheryl Philipp Endowed Professor

Finance

Education

PhD, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1986
MA, Eastern Michigan University, 1980
BA, NIOC School of Accounting & Finance, 1977

Professional Experience

Editor, The Journal of Alternative Investments, 2013-Present
Editor, Alternative Investment Analyst Review, 2012-Present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Financial Data Science, 2019-Present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Financial Risk Management, 2010-Present
Associate Editor, Financial Review, 2004-2010

Academic Appointments

Michael and Cheryl Philipp Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts, 6/2014-Present
Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts, 6/2004-5/2014
Associate Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts, 6/1992-5/2004
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts, 6/1986-5/1992
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Michigan, 6/1985-5/1986

Research Interests

Asset Pricing Models
Performance Evaluation
Alternative Investments
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management
Financial Econometrics
Derivatives Securities
International Finance

Teaching Interests

Doctoral
  • Introduction to Financial Economics
  • Asset Pricing Models
Masters
  • Financial Decision Making
  • Financial Markets & Institutions
Undergraduate
  • Introduction to Finance
  • Bank Management
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Investments

Selected Publications

Option Informed Stock Picking, (Hossein Kazemi with Ed Szado), The Journal of Alternative Investment, Spring 2018, 48-66

Holdings Concentration and Hedge Fund Investment Strategies, (Hossein Kazemi with Xiaohui Yang) The Journal of Alternative Investments, Spring 2020, 22 (4) 92-106

Hedge Funds and their Prime Brokers: Favorable IPO Allocations, (Hossein Kazemi with Xiaohui Yang & Mila Getmansky), Forthcoming Journal of Portfolio Management.

Post Modern Investment (Wiley Finance) (with Schneeweis and Crowder), forthcoming 2013 

CAIA Level II: Advanced Core Topics in Alternative Investments (Wiley Finance) (with Black and Chambers), 2012

CAIA Level I: An Introduction to Core Topics in Alternative Investments (Wiley Finance) (with Anson, Chambers and Black), 2012

Setting the Benchmark: Spotlight on Private Equity, (With Szado, Zeltser and Swamy), Alternative Investment Analyst Review, September 2012, Vol 1, pp 1-12.