SEC Data – Pension Plans Have Grown To A Stable Quarter of Hedge Fund Capital

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By Hedge Fund Insight staff   The data discussed here has been compiled by the SEC from Form PF. Form PF is filed by SEC-registered investment advisers with at least $150 million in private funds assets under management to report information about the hedge funds and private equity funds that they manage. The SEC collates the data into a […] Read more »

Endowments Reevaluating Hedge Funds NEPC Survey Finds

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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 »

Graphic of the Day – Investors in CTAs

By Hedge Fund Insight staff Today’s graphic shows the proportion of each investor type that invest in CTAs. Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Investor Profiles From this graphic one could say that a fund of hedge funds is four times as likely to have invested in CTAs as a family office.  Or, that a marketer of […] Read more »

Hedge Fund Investments of US Endowments and Foundations – How did They Do That?

By Simon Kerr, Hedge Fund Insight   The Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service® (Wilshire TUCS) tracks the performance and allocation of institutional assets in the United States of America and includes nearly 1,570 plans representing in excess of $2.75 trillion in assets. The full universe includes public pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, master trusts and corporate […] Read more »