Institutional investors need better tools to compare hedge funds and return streams

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Institutional investors need better tools to compare hedge funds and return streams

May 22, 2018

The top reasons given for investing in hedge funds were the potential for improved returns, diversification benefits, knowledge-sharing and learning and access to asset classes that are otherwise hard to source and manage, according to a report by CEM Benchmarking.

Institutional investor interest in hedge fund allocations continues to grow

March 28, 2018

Alternatives essential to diversify portfolio risk say institutional investors

February 27, 2018

Institutional investors continue to be attracted to alternatives but for a wide range of objectives, according to the latest investor outlook from Natixis.

Havelock London to combine quantitative research, data and fundamental investing

October 9, 2017

From a dog-walking intern to chief investment officer and a board director 17 years later, Matthew Beddall’s introduction to alternative investment funds has been a steep learning curve.

US corporations moving pension risks to insurers to avoid asset volatility and low interest rates

August 15, 2017

US executives who have shifted pension risk to an insurer have three primary concerns about costs and volatility that drive their consideration of various options for transferring risk.

Emerging hedge funds post higher returns across all strategies

July 7, 2017

Emerging and small first time hedge funds record higher performance across 12-month, three-year and five-year annualised horizons compared to the wider fund industry.

Investors expect more from hedge funds in 2017 as performance improves

March 9, 2017

Almost three quarters of investors expect their hedge fund portfolios to perform better in 2017 compared with 2016. Performance-based gains are expected to drive industry assets to reach $3.14tn by year-end.

Investors set to keep capital flowing into hedge funds as strategy preferences change

March 1, 2017

Hedge funds are back in favour with investors. A 3.5 per cent increase in new inflows during 2017 is forecast in the 2017 Credit Suisse hedge fund investor survey.

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