WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A new released poll conducted by Reuters, shows that hedge funds are expected to gain moderate returns in the coming months. Fifteen funds of hedge funds weresurveyed, and the results shows the managers believe hedge funds will make moderate to slightly moderate gains during the next six months.
The fifteen-polled funds of hedge fund managers together oversee over $16.5 billion in total investor assets. The result of this poll was similar to the polls conducted during the months of October and November 2004.
John Capaldi, managing director at Financial Risk Management (FRM) in London said, �The outlook for equity long/short continues to look reasonably good and recent performance in European long/short has been impressive.� So far in 2005, the average return posted by the average hedge fund remains near the 2% range. The broad equity indexes have not performed better than hedge funds either.
Doomsayers continue to project negative returns for hedge funds, but the returns posted by hedge funds continue to defy such numbers. Last year regardless of the difficulties facing many hedge fund managers, the average hedge fund still made money, with a net gain of 9-10 percent.
This year greater emphasis may be focused on the methods used by hedge fund managers to calculate their yearly returns. Some hedge fund critics have charged that managers may be exaggerating their returns. So far such accusations have not cited specific cases of the so called �survivor bias�. Hedge fund global assets have advanced from one year to another; experts believe such trend will be continuing in the coming years as well.
Paul Oranika
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HedgeCo.Net
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