Investors Pick Hedge Funds to Lead Them Through Choppy Markets
- Net demand is highest among all asset classes, survey finds
- Credit Suisse sees environment where the industry ‘can shine’
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Hedge funds are back in demand as institutional investors including pensions and endowments gear up for a return to choppy markets.
Investors are favoring hedge funds heading into the second half of the year, with the industry garnering the most interest among 10 major asset classes, according to a Credit Suisse Group AG report released this week. Net demand, or the percentage of respondents increasing allocations minus the proportion decreasing them, is the highest in at least five years at 32%, the data show.