Incisive Views from Professionals
From Camden Wealth/Hedge Fund Insight staff 2018 marks the fifth year of the annual Global Family Office Report from Camden Wealth, this time produced in association with UBS. The report reflects a record number of 311 family offices from around the world participating in the research this year. Aligned with the rise in participants, […] Read more »
By Diane Harrison, principal of Panegyric Marketing Charles Dickens’ Bleak House spins a tale of mystery, intrigue, family dynamics, and irony in the Victorian age that had readers gripped by its indictment of the English court system. While the novel is packed with intricate plot twists and turns, the main story line centers on the contested will case of […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Family Offices reduced their exposure to hedge funds by 10 percent in the 12 months ending in May, according to a report by UBS Group AG and London-based research firm Campden Wealth. Over one third (34 percent) of family offices intend to decrease their allocations to hedge funds, according to the […] Read more »
NEPC, LLC, one of the industry’s largest independent, full-service investment consulting firms to endowments and foundations, recently published the results of its Q2 2016 NEPC Endowment and Foundation Poll, a measure of endowment and foundation confidence and sentiment related to the economy, investing and market performance. The Q2 Poll included a special focus on how […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff There is good visibility of hedge fund exposure and returns for state pension plans. Most investment committee papers are available, and often it is possible to read the hedge fund managers comments and presentations. In the first graphic are two tables extracted from the monthly Investment Reports a year […] Read more »
By Diane Harrison, principal of Panegyric Marketing Every year, Preqin publishes their annual review of the hedge fund industry, 120-plus pages of comprehensive data and analyses providing a detailed look at the industry’s make up. According their website, Preqin is the alternative assets industry’s leading source of data and intelligence. Our products and services […] Read more »
For some time there have been questions raised about the sustainability of the business models of funds of hedge funds as a category. There is no doubt that they will continue to exist and that there will be winners as well as losers. But the rising tide of assets in the hedge fund industry is […] Read more »