Is there room at the hedge fund table?

Can the traditionally close relationship between private banks and hedge funds survive growing inflows of new money from institutional investors with huge volumes of funds to allocate and a less agile investment process?

Chambers: the industry can
absorb additional flows from
institutions without
degradation of returns


UNTIL THREE YEARS ago, high-net-worth individuals were almost the sole investors in hedge funds. Their relative sophistication, risk appetite and flexibility compared with institutional counterparts resulted in an affinity with hedge funds. Now, however, high-net-worth individuals account for less than 75% of hedge fund assets and in three years’ time their share could be below 60%.

It is not that the wealthy are removing money from hedge funds – indeed, their inflows are increasing.

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