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Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York:

One of the significant changes that happened within the hedge fund industry over the past two years has been the growth of institutional investors contributing to the asset base. Currently representing 72% of all hedge fund allocations, as these investors continue to increase their hedge fund allocations to an industry working very hard to re-grow its assets, their influence strengthens. In 2009, 19% of these investors reporting fee breaks on their hedge fund investments (SEI Investment Manager Service, 2010).

According to a new report from global administrator and solutions provider SEI in partnership with US-based research firm Greenwich Associates, entitled “The Era of the Investor: New Rules of Institutional Hedge Fund Investing”, it appears that institutional investors will be amongst the first to return to hedge funds and even ramp up their prior hedge fund investments.

Hedge funds grow to represent average of 13.8% of institutional portfolios Hedge funds were on shaky ground this time last year, but strong performance in 2009, and the ability to point to a two year track record of capital protection and generation during the global financial crisis has institutional investors taking notice. In fa......................

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