Top Hedge Fund Investors

Throughout the recent financial crisis, many hedge funds suffered massive losses and were often blamed for the extreme market upheavals. Performance soon rebounded and approached record breaking heights. In the wake of these events, hedge funds remain a source of fascination for the media, legislators, and investors.Historically portrayed as risky investments run by swashbuckling managers and reserved only for the very wealthy hedge funds are simply an investment vehicle designed to generate superior returns and reduce an investor s overall portfolio risk. Although many individual funds have underperformed or collapsed, hedge funds as a whole have proved resilient and achieved their objectives.Investing in hedge funds requires sophisticated knowledge, understanding, skill, access, and experience. Individual and institutional investors, whether they are hedge fund novices or experts, can find these attributes in the stories of the successful hedge fund investors profiled in Top Hedge Fund Investors.This accessible resource chronicles the challenges and rewards these investors face in selecting hedge fund managers, managing risk, and constructing portfolios. Through revealing conversations, leading hedge fund investors with hundreds of billions of dollars in hedge funds share their philosophies, strategies, and advice. Page by page, this timely guide:Profiles a variety of different investors from the pioneers in hedge fund investing to managers for high net worth individuals and fund of funds investorsDiscusses winners and losers in the recent market decline, problematic hedge fund strategies, and how recent events will change hedge funds foreverProvides lessons, insights, and advice beneficial to all hedge fund investorsAnd much moreEngaging and informative, Top Hedge Fund Investors will prove valuable to anyone involved in placing money with hedge funds, as well as hedge funds that seek to better understand their clients.