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 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.
