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By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:

Part One of a two part survey conducted globally by SEI Knowledge Partnership and Greenwich Associates looked, for the fifth year in a row, at the attitude of institutional investors to hedge funds.

The survey, entitled The Shifting Hedge Fund Landscape was conducted in September and October of 2011 with online questionnaires completed by senior investment professionals at 105 institutions.

The institutions involved were represented by endowments who represented more than a third of all survey respondents; foundations coming in at just over 17%. Another 12% of responses came from family offices, corporate funds, and public pension. The remaining responses came from consultants, union plans, and non-profit organisations.

Groups that took part in the survey ranged in size from less than $500 m to more than $20 bn under management.

Geographically, the respondents predominately came from the US with some 85% represented while the remainder was based in the UK, Canada and Scandinavia.

This, the first part of the survey’s findings, reflects current trends affecting the hedge fund industry, including institutional hedge fund allocations, objectives, performance, and preferences in investment strategies and vehicles.

The authors reflect on what has been a very chal......................

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