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From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Participants at the Opalesque Frankfurt Roundtable sponsored by Eurex and Custom House Group observed an emerging trend among German investors whom are shifting toward "strategies that really diversify."

Dr. Dieter Kaiser, a funds of hedge funds manager for $20bn Bad Hamborg-basedFeri Institutional Advisors said that investors have been asking to limit their long bias and long/short equities strategies because they already have equities exposures at much cheaper prices in their long-only portfolios. "Let me add to that the fact that I also have seen that much progress has been made in terms of education and the institutional investors' approach to hedge funds. There is a very high interest or demand for macro strategies, including trend following strategies and long/short strategies in the commodity space, as a lot of funds in those fields were able to generate positive returns in 2008.

Claudia Roering, Head of Fund and Manager Selection at DB Advisors, the institutional arm of Deutsche Asset Management, which has a multi-asset business of $21.64bn (Euro 15bn) of which $2.16bn (Euro 1.5bn) are in fund of funds, volunteered that current investors are demanding additional, uncorre......................

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