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Opalesque Exclusive: New York Roundtable: New hedge fund fee models emerge but two-and-twenty won't disappear

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

From the Opalesque Team:

At the recent Opalesque New York Roundtable, Chris Acito, founder of boutique consultancy firm Acito Advisory Group, painted a straightforward picture regarding the perceived collapse hedge fund and FoHFs fees which he described as “greatly overstated.”

“Sure the structure of fees may change quite a lot: longer horizon performance incentives, clawbacks, new benchmarks, etc. But in terms of the gross amount of money that a manager could earn if he does really well, I don't see that changing a lot,” Acito said.

Fee discussion has become emotional

Bill Geisler ......................

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