If you can’t find alpha in the hedge fund forest, does it exist?
| Jul 6th, 2010 | Filed under: Institutional Investing, Today's Post | By: AAA Staff |
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Existential, philosophical questions have long been our focus AllAboutAlpha.com, particularly when it comes to hedge funds, alpha and the debate over whether the two go hand in hand.
Much to our dismay, however, has been recent discussion about whether alpha even actually exists, and if it does, whether it is “safely” attainable – i.e. in a cost-effective, transparent and liquid kind of way.
A recent survey of institutional investors by Create-Research suggests they certainly think it is. The report, entitled Exploiting Uncertainty in Investment Markets (click here and proceed to the link – a brief and free registration is required to download), finds that not only do institutional allocators expect to be able to find alpha over the next few years, they believe that hedge funds will remain a main source of it.
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