Fees/flows/asset rotation: Ten major hedge fund trends for 2017

Fee restructures, a rise in fund closures and success for smaller managers are among the predicted themes for the hedge fund industry in 2017, according to consultancy Agecroft Partners.

Each year, Agecroft Partners, headed by managing partner Donald Steinbrugge, predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through its contact with more than two thousand institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organisations. The ten biggest hedge fund trends for 2016 Below are Agecroft's predictions for the biggest trends in the hedge fund industry for 2017: 1. Evolution in hedge fund fee structures for large institutional allocations Hedge funds fees remain under extreme pressure by large institutional investors. Except for managers whose strategies are capacity const...