PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lionel Martellini AU - Volker Ziemann TI - Extending Black-Litterman Analysis Beyond the Mean-Variance Framework AID - 10.3905/jpm.2007.690604 DP - 2007 Jul 31 TA - The Journal of Portfolio Management PG - 33--44 VI - 33 IP - 4 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/33/4/33.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/33/4/33.full AB - Extension of the Black-Litterman Bayesian approach to portfolio construction in the presence of non-trivial preferences about higher moments of asset return distributions has a particular application to active style allocation decisions in hedge fund investing. Results here suggest that the systematic implementation of active style allocation decisions can add significant value in a hedge fund portfolio, provided implementation of a sound investment process to account for non-normality and parameter uncertainty in hedge fund return distributions.TOPICS: VAR and use of alternative risk measures of trading risk, portfolio construction