Hedge Funds See an Increase in Institutional Investor Interest

George Mabry is a New York investment professional who holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina's (UNC) Kenan-Flagler Business School and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Furman University in South Carolina. George Mabry has an extensive background in areas such as alternative asset management and hedge fund management.

A recent article in Business Insider reported a return to hedge funds by major institutional investors.The revival of interest was revealed in a Bloomberg survey on current or planned allocation strategies. Hedge funds took first place among the half- dozen categories of alternative investments. Running second in terms of investor interest was private debt, while venture capital appeared poised to reap the fewest gains from changing institutional preferences.

Those surveyed included pension funds and family offices with assets under management exceeding $500 billion. A majority of respondents were interested in long-short equity hedging strategies, while long-short credit funds generated the least interest.