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Credit Suisse investor survey: institutional investors win on lowering fees

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Institutional investors are making headway when it comes to lowering hedge fund fees, according to the mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey from Credit Suisse. The survey included responses from 200 global institutional investors representing almost $660 billion in hedge fund investments. Participants were surveyed on their hedge fund activities during the first half of the year, as well as strategy appetite and allocation plans for the second half of the year. This survey follows Credit Suisse's Annual Global Investor Sentiment Survey that was conducted in January 2017.

According to the survey, hurdle rates and founder's share class structures now present in more than 70% of institutional portfolios.

"Institutional investors continue to realize real progress in the ongoing realignment of interests between hedge funds and their limited partners, with more favorable fee structures and terms being offered by managers. We see this initiative as being in the middle innings of a discussion that continues to evolve across the industry," said Robert Leonard, Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Services at Credit Suisse in a statement on the survey results.

Another notable trend in this year's survey is the rise in investor appetite for quantitative investment approaches by hedge fund managers. Nearly 60 percent of respondents indicated they were likely to increase allocations to strategies incorporati......................

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