New York (HedgeCo.net) – Credit Suisse released its mid-year hedge fund survey yesterday and there were some very revealing highlights about the industry. The survey polled over 200 institutional investors from around the globe with just over half being in the Americas, 38% from Europe the Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) and 10% were in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

Of those polled, 93% planned to maintain or increase their allocations to hedge funds over the second half of the year. With those surveyed controlling over $700 billion that is already invested in hedge funds, having such a high percentage of respondents indicate their intentions to increase or maintain their allocations has to be encouraging for the industry.

The most popular strategy was the Global Macro strategy with 46% of respondents allocating to the strategy. Looking at the separate regions, Equity Long/Short strategies are the most popular in the Americas region with 56% indicating allocations while Global Macro is the most popular strategy in the EMEA region as well as in the APAC region.

Rick Pendergraft
Research Analyst
HedgeCoVest