Definitions of hedging

Discussion of hedge funds has become more frequent among advisers, mainly due to their increasing pr...

Discussion of hedge funds has become more frequent among advisers, mainly due to their increasing presence in financial markets and their questionable inclusion within client portfolios. However, negative commentary and advisers' limited knowledge on the area has constrained use of hedge funds to date. But hedge funds are becoming more mainstream, feeding through from the high-net worth investor and into a wider net of clients from discretionary/portfolio managers. This can be seen through the changes APCIMS made last year to their industry-wide FTSE APCIMS indices. From June 2007, hedge ...