Hedge funds are unlikely to earn the approval of family offices any time soon. The Bank of International Settlements has gone further by warning their leveraged bets were undermining the US Treasury bond market when coronavirus struck.
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One response to “Increasingly shunned by family offices – are hedge funds finally about to experience their final reckoning?”
All hedge fund investors need a selection process based on experience and technical common sense. The dispersion of returns is part of that, and fund selection myths need debunking. If chosen well, alternative funds can play an important role in a portfolio. The problem is that many allocators neither have the experience, or willingness to pay for it. Worst still, many think (because of wealth or position) they can do it themselves.