Graphic of The Day – Hurdle Rates & Tiered Fees in Hedge Funds

From the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)*   Among the findings in AIMA’s paper “In Concert – exploring the alignment of interests between hedge fund managers and investors” :  One-in-three managers now charge performance fees above a hurdle rate, such as a fixed percentage or an index-based benchmark Three-quarters (77%) of managers offer or are […] Read more »

Graphic of the Day: Ranking Sources of New Clients for Hedge Funds

From PwC/AIMA Today’s graphic comes from The Global Hedge Fund Distribution Survey 2015.       The report is based on a survey in mid-2015 of 146 AIMA members which manage traditional hedge funds, or liquid alternative funds, or both. The respondents to the survey manage around $550 billion in hedge fund assets, or close to 20% of the […] Read more »