Savvy Investor is the world’s leading knowledge network for institutional investors – a research hub containing over 12,000 white papers – all free to download! Here is our list of the best and most popular Hedge Fund white papers so far in 2016. Topics include the use of Hedge Funds by pension funds and insurers, hedge fund return persistence and a number of insightful surveys, including one exploring hedge fund distribution.
Global Alternatives Survey (Willis Towers Watson, July 2016)
This comprehensive 99-page document examines current trends in ten different alternative asset classes including hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, illiquid credit and insurance-linked securities. The survey reveals how the preferences for alternative assets vary between different types of asset owner, and lists the top alternative asset managers within each category.
Alignment of interests between HF managers and investors (AIMA, Sept 2016)
This paper has been authored by AIMA. It investigates the methods used to bring together the interests of hedge fund managers and hedge fund investors. The paper’s findings are based on a survey comprising 120 respondents with over $500bn of assets under management.
Is the Hedge Fund Heyday Behind Us? (Cambridge Associates, Feb 2016)
Are the hedge fund glory days over? Cambridge Associates survey the marketplace and re-examine the arguments for allocating to hedge funds.
Factor Investing: From Traditional to Alternative Risk Premia Harvesting (EDHEC)
This comprehensive 62-page paper by EDHEC-Risk Institute examines factor investing beyond traditional factors. It seeks to analyse what the best possible approach is for harvesting alternative long/short risk premia. There is a growing interest in factor investing among sophisticated institutional investors. The replication of hedge fund factor exposure appears to be a very attractive concept. However, such strategies achieve relatively low out-of-sample explanatory power, regardless of the set of factors and the methodologies used.
Institutional Investors in Hedge Funds Survey (JP Morgan, April 2016)
This 76-page paper is the 13th annual survey of institutional investors in hedge funds by JP Morgan. It continues to help investors gauge the state of the hedge fund industry – trends and investment behavior. The report includes analysis of investors’ criteria for selecting hedge funds, and examines investors hedge fund portfolios in 2015, before exploring future hedge fund flows and anticipated trends.
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