( www.bizjournals ) – Private equity fund managers have anxiously watched as hedge funds, a traditionally short-term-oriented group of investors, have encroached upon their turf. The dynamics in the private equity landscape are intense enough without them having to worry about a new set of highly intelligent and hyper-competitive investment professionals, many of which can showcase super-sized performance track records.
Despite their concerns PE firms have been direct beneficiaries of hedge funds’ explosive growth, particularly in the area that matters most. Hedge funds have become integral to PE firms’ success through their very active participation in the markets that support setting up and exiting from