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Allocations to hedge funds are likely to increase, says Preqin

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Investors are experiencing growing interest in hedge funds as a way to take risk off the table, said a survey. A total of 76% of survey respondents said they plan to increase or maintain their allocations to hedge funds in the next 12 months, up from 63% in the survey a year ago.

According to Preqin's 'H2 2022 Investor Outlook' survey, while the percentage eager to maintain or increase allocations to hedge funds is greater than the 72% that responded with that answer in the 2020 survey, investors are less bullish than then.

Only 26% of respondents plan more capital to hedge funds over the next 12 months, compared with 44% of respondents planning that in the 2020 survey.

" In particular, we expect macro, CTAs, and relative value hedge funds to attract more flows. This is consistent with our expectations of a softer fundraising environment for private equity and venture capital (PEVC) in the second half of the year," said Preqin's Outlook.

Only 30% of private equity and 26% of venture capital investors plan to increase the pace of capital deployment in the next 12 months. This represents, respectively, a 13 and 17 percentage point decline compared to the same survey last year. By contrast, 24% and 13% of investors plan lower commitments of capital - with the remainder looking to maintain their current pace of investment. Investors are now firmly in risk-off mode.

Meanwhile, the found that investors expect pri......................

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