{"id":4156,"date":"2006-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"the-hedge-fund-report-another-way-to-bet-with-pros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/03\/2006\/the-hedge-fund-report-another-way-to-bet-with-pros.html","title":{"rendered":"The Hedge Fund Report: Another Way to Bet With Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <span class=\"default\">TheStreet.com &#8211; Want exposure to hedge funds without investing directly in one? Need access to the alternative asset class while at the same time preserving capital? The  answer may be a structured product, a semi-exotic investment instrument in which a derivative facilitates exposure to a basket of funds or an index.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"default\">In some cases, the instrument is a financial contract. In others, it is a note. In Europe, where structured products are perceived as a good way for retail investors to access  alternative investments, these vehicles have become very popular. They are starting to get attention in the U.S., although for different reasons.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Part of the appeal of structured products is that they can offer protection against downside risk. For instance, with a structured note, the investor recoups his principal at maturity, plus hedgefunds returns, if any. Because these instruments are hard to design, however, the guarantee often comes at a cost. To counter that, banks that structure those derivatives often use leverage oroptions to enhance returns.<\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"default\">It looks complicated and risky, but in reality, these products are merely expensive and conservative. For the risk-adverse investor, structured products may be a viable  alternative to investing directly in hedge funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/news\/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us\/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/_googlen\/markets\/hedgefunds\/10274554.html%3Fcm_ven%3DGOOGLEN%26cm_cat%3DFREE%26cm_ite%3DNA&amp;cid=1105205720\">ReadComplete Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TheStreet.com &#8211; Want exposure to hedge funds without investing directly in one? Need access to the alternative asset class while at the same time preserving capital? The answer may be a structured product, a semi-exotic investment instrument in which a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syndicated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}