Hedge Fund

Three quarters of institutional investors are looking for greater liquidity in their hedge fund investments following the financial crisis, research by Preqin shows.

Andrew Short asks if absolute return funds are failing to fulfil their remit and whether they still have a role to play in today's fund portfolios

Hedge funds had much of their gains this year wiped out last week as half the alternative strategies reporting daily data to Hedge Fund Research's investable indices lost over 1% of their value in just 24 hours.

The low footprint that hedge funds have in most capital markets means overall they pose a low systemic risk, the Financial Services Authority says.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry