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Risk-on/risk-off attitudes persist among investors ready to accept negative real returns on safe havens while paying abnormally high risk premiums. Markets continue to be dominated by policy issues.
The world is a volatile place. Sovereign debts, government interference in markets, risk-on/risk-off moments plus a myriad of other factors are combining to keep volatility in place for some time.
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Marina Lewin, global head of business development at BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the international hedge funds industry.
Institutional investors are now the main money behind hedge funds. While expectations of absolute return have been scaled down, focus is on maximising risk adjusted returns through bespoke portfolios.
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Hedge fund performance fell during November as many strategies were hit by unfavourable market conditions, caused by the continuing eurozone sovereign debt woes.
Choosing a hedge fund strategy that will perform well in 2012 is difficult. With unprecedented ambiguity about what 2012 will bring, strategies need to cope with market volatility and uncertainty.
As hedge fund performance is on the slide, fees have a bigger impact on returns. Investor dissatisfaction has returned, which may open the door to further negotiation on the standard the 2/20 fees.
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