Absolute return investing is the latest trend sweeping the investment world, but investors who do not have the necessary hedge fund experience need to proceed with caution...
Absolute beginners: a film, a play and a song, but also a stark warning to investors being targeted with the latest industry trend: absolute return funds. The number of new funds under the absolute return banner this year is endemic of an investment management industry trend and one that raises more issues than previous fads. Chief among these is the confusion in the sector and the suitability of targeting such products to retail investors where previously they had been the exclusive domain of institutional and UHNW investors, as hedge funds. Absolute return funds in name alone cause con...
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