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Robert Gardner, Redington Partners
Pension schemes can incorporate FoHFs into their asset mix in order to optimise the scheme's fuel efficiency. To achieve this schemes must first decide on strategic asset allocation and the proportion...
The wide dispersion of FoHFs returns is evidence enough that some are better than others. A pension fund can match its own requirements with specific solutions. But it goes deeper than the ability to achieve...
The key thing is to pick the right manager to meet your risk and return objectives. Some investors might think there is little to tell between one FoHF and another. We see huge differences in the quality...
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Mark Fitzgerald, Barclays Global Investors
The value proposition for fund of hedge funds (FoHF) focuses on their ability to select good managers and conduct comprehensive due diligence. Here are some things investors should consider: Manager sourcing: How does the FoHF source managers and how...
Absolute Alpha Fund PCC Diversified: Financial Risk Management
The FRM Absolute Alpha Diversified Fund was launched in January 1998 as a portfolio for institutional investors who already had bonds and equities at their disposal.
MICHAEL GOLDMAN, MAZUMA CAPITA
A successful FoHF must be able to generate durable and attractive returns. To achieve this today requires many skills paramount among which are access, high quality research and analytical capabilities and the ability to avoid the hazards of the rapidly...
STEVEN GROSS, PENSO CAPITAL MARKETS
FoHF managers that are able to show true alpha generation through portfolio construction and strategy/manager evaluation/monitoring will be difficult to replicate and will continue to be in demand with institutional investors. Institutional hedge fund...
STUART LEAF, CADOGAN MANAGEMENT
The greatest value FoHF provide and can provide in the future is the judicious management of portfolios and the protection of client capital. For the past 10 years we have speculated that FoHF were unlikely to be sustainable in the institutional market...
Funds of hedge funds seek niche position to keep competitive edge
What extra services and product types will funds of hedge funds have to offer so as not to be disintermediated by end allocators? Putting together a portfolio of funds is not a simple task. Finding the right managers and level of diversity that ensures...
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