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<li>Real Estate Performance By Implementation Style</li>
<li>Asset Allocation and Fund Performance of Defined Benefit Pension Funds in the United States, 1998-2016</li>
<li>Transaction Costs Amongst Large Asset Owners</li>
<li>Asset Allocation, Cost of Investing and Performance of European DB Pension Funds: The Impact of Real Estate</li>
<li>Hedge Fund Reality Check 2018</li>
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<li>The Time Has Come For Standardized Total Cost Disclosure For Private Equity</li>
<li>Asset Allocation and Fund Performance of Defined Benefit Pension Funds in the United States, 1998-2014</li>
<li>Hedge Fund Reality Check</li>
<li>Comparing Pension Plan Operating Costs: Correcting the Fraser Institute's Faulty Analysis and Conclusions</li>
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