Hossein B. Kazemi : Isenberg School of Management : UMass Amherst

Office

Isenberg 310A

Tel.

413.545.5629

Website

KazemiH05312023.pdf Download

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.

Hossein B. Kazemi