Comments on: A Closer Look at State Street’s New Hedge Fund Survey http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-close-look-at-state-streets-new-hedge-fund-survey/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Alpha Male http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-close-look-at-state-streets-new-hedge-fund-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Alpha Male Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:39:05 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-close-look-at-state-streets-new-hedge-fund-survey/#comment-2928 Thanks for the kind words. You are right that it's very tough to compare the two studies. One was conducted on a large sample and one was conducted on a sub-set of institutions that feels strongly enough about alternatives to attend a major conference on the topic. However, the State Street study says 65% of respondents believe hedge funds "raise my portfolio's absolute return" and "lower my overall portfolio's volatility" (a tie at 65% for both responses). We took both of these results - along with a 74% satisfaction with the diversification properties of hedge funds - as general evidence of contrary findings to the DB study. Food for thought - and for discussion - at least. Thanks for the comment. Thanks for the kind words.

You are right that it’s very tough to compare the two studies. One was conducted on a large sample and one was conducted on a sub-set of institutions that feels strongly enough about alternatives to attend a major conference on the topic. However, the State Street study says 65% of respondents believe hedge funds “raise my portfolio’s absolute return” and “lower my overall portfolio’s volatility” (a tie at 65% for both responses). We took both of these results – along with a 74% satisfaction with the diversification properties of hedge funds – as general evidence of contrary findings to the DB study.

Food for thought – and for discussion – at least. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: gabrieln http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-close-look-at-state-streets-new-hedge-fund-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 gabrieln Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:31:44 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-close-look-at-state-streets-new-hedge-fund-survey/#comment-2863 I love your blog. It is by far the best blog on the web. However, I need to point out a slight misrepresentation between the two studies. The DB study observed that 73% of investors are unsatisfied with their return expectations. While, the State Street study observed that 65% of investors are satisfied with their volatility expectations. This is a major difference. It would be like comparing apples to oranges. Once again, this is a great blog, keep up the great work!! I love your blog. It is by far the best blog on the web. However, I need to point out a slight misrepresentation between the two studies. The DB study observed that 73% of investors are unsatisfied with their return expectations. While, the State Street study observed that 65% of investors are satisfied with their volatility expectations. This is a major difference. It would be like comparing apples to oranges.

Once again, this is a great blog, keep up the great work!!

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