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Finding the Sweet Spot of Hedge Fund Diversification

Hedge funds are often thought of as being high-risk investments and many investors in the past have shied away from them for fear of making large losses. However, over the recent years, hedge funds have generally substantially outperformed equities, with much lower volatility. As a consequence, they are now in strong demand, particularly when one remembers that any risk associated with hedge fund investing diminishes in importance when the funds are repackaged into fund of funds products. A revisited version of this paper was published in the April 2004 issue of the Journal of Financial Transformation.

Author(s):

François-Serge Lhabitant, Michelle Learned De Piante Vicin

Summary:

Hedge funds are often thought of as being high-risk investments and many investors in the past have shied away from them for fear of making large losses. However, over the recent years, hedge funds have generally substantially outperformed equities, with much lower volatility. As a consequence, they are now in strong demand, particularly when one remembers that any risk associated with hedge fund investing diminishes in importance when the funds are repackaged into fund of funds products. A revisited version of this paper was published in the April 2004 issue of the Journal of Financial Transformation.

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Type :	Working paper
Date :	04/01/2004
Keywords :	Hedge Funds

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