Be it resolved: Hedge funds (might) be worth the price
| Apr 29th, 2010 | Filed under: Investment Management Fees, Today's Post | By: AAA Staff |
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Just about the only folks who don’t seem to appreciate the ongoing banter and debate regarding hedge fund fees are those that have to pay them. Since Alfred Winslow Jones first introduced the concept of a hedge fund in the 1950s, the argument over whether paying a premium for alpha is worth it has raged on.
AllAboutAlpha.com touched on this in our “Dazed and Confused” piece last week, highlighting a recently updated survey from Ernst & Young showing that more than half of hedge fund professionals have either already made changes or plan to make changes to their redemption terms and / or fees. And we’ve certainly covered it in the past (click here for a recent newsreel of “fee”-related articles on AllAboutAlpha.com) More…
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