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Definition
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A fund
of hedge funds is a fund which invests in several different hedge
funds to spread the risks. Funds of hedge funds select hedge fund
managers and construct portfolios based upon those selections. The
fund of hedge funds is responsible for hiring and firing the
managers in the fund. Some funds of hedge funds might have only one
hedge fund in it, thus lets ordinary investors into a
highly-acclaimed fund, or many hedge funds.
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Examples, Types, or
Variations
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Formula
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Related Terms
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Diversification
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Expense Ratio
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Fund
Manager
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Master Fund
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Managed Accounts
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Multi-strategy
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Multi-manager Fund
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As
Used in the Hedge Fund World
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LJH Global Investments:
A
fund-of-hedge-funds (or multi-manager fund) will invest its
capital in several unrelated hedge funds rather that allocate
all assets to a single fund manager.
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ING Investment Management:
A fund of hedge funds (also known as a multi-strategies fund or
multi-manager fund) is a pooled investment vehicle that seeks to
reduce volatility by spreading investments among many different
hedge funds.
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Yale School of Management:
Funds of funds are an increasingly popular avenue for hedge fund
investment. Despite the increasing interest in hedge funds as an
alternative asset class however, the high degree of
fund-specific risk and the lack of transparency may give
fiduciaries pause.
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SEC.gov:
What are
"funds of hedge funds?" A fund of hedge funds is an
investment company that invests in hedge funds -- rather than
investing in individual securities. Some funds of hedge funds
register their securities with the SEC. These funds of hedge
funds must provide investors with a prospectus and must file
certain reports quarterly with the SEC. Many registered funds of
hedge funds have much lower investment minimums (e.g.,
$25,000) than individual hedge funds. Thus, some investors that
would be unable to invest in a hedge fund directly may be able
to purchase shares of registered funds of hedge funds.
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Applications
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Celent:
The fund of hedge funds industry has grown dramatically in
recent years, now controlling US $81billion in assets.
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ING Investment
Management:
Key Benefits of Investing in a Fund
of Funds.
A fund of
fund manager understands the various hedging strategies and may
be able to generate returns (alpha) through manager selection,
portfolio construction and monitoring investments and managers.
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Misused
& Abused
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Funds
of hedge funds generally charge a fee for their services, always in
addition to the hedge fund's management and performance fees, which
can be 1.5% and 15-30%, respectively. Although returns can be high,
fees will always cut into your profits and sometimes make your total
return less than what it would be if you did it alone or with an
average market mutual fund or ETF.
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Houston Chronicle:
Another trend
adding to the risk is the advent of fund-of-hedge funds —
increasingly popular investment vehicles that offer
diversification by investing in dozens of hedge funds.
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Additional Sources of Information
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| HEDGE FUND RISK AND OTHER
DISCLOSURES |
Hedge funds, including fund of funds (“Hedge
Funds”), are unregistered private investment partnerships, funds or
pools that may invest and trade in many different markets,
strategies and instruments (including securities, non-securities and
derivatives) and are NOT subject to the same regulatory requirements
as mutual funds, including mutual fund requirements to provide
certain periodic and standardized pricing and valuation information
to investors. There are substantial risks in investing in Hedge
Funds. Persons interested in investing in Hedge Funds should
carefully note the following:
- Hedge Funds represent speculative investments and involve a
high degree of risk. An investor could lose all or a substantial
portion of his/her investment. Investors must have the financial
ability, sophistication/experience and willingness to bear the
risks of an investment in a Hedge Fund.
- An investment in a Hedge Fund should be discretionary capital
set aside strictly for speculative purposes.
- An investment in a Hedge Fund is not suitable or desirable for
all investors. Only qualified eligible investors may invest in
Hedge Funds.
- Hedge Fund offering documents are not reviewed or approved by
federal or state regulators
- Hedge Funds may be leveraged (including highly leveraged) and
a Hedge Fund’s performance may be volatile
- An investment in a Hedge Fund may be illiquid and there may be
significant restrictions on transferring interests in a Hedge
Fund. There is no secondary market for an investor’s investment in
a Hedge Fund and none is expected to develop.
- A Hedge Fund may have little or no operating history or
performance and may use hypothetical or pro forma performance
which may not reflect actual trading done by the manager or
advisor and should be reviewed carefully. Investors should not
place undue reliance on hypothetical or pro forma performance.
- A Hedge Fund’s manager or advisor has total trading authority
over the Hedge Fund.
- A Hedge Fund may use a single advisor or employ a single
strategy, which could mean a lack of diversification and higher
risk.
- A Hedge Fund (for example, a fund of funds) and its managers
or advisors may rely on the trading expertise and experience of
third-party managers or advisors, the identity of which may not be
disclosed to investors
- A Hedge Fund may involve a complex tax structure, which should
be reviewed carefully.
- A Hedge Fund may involve structures or strategies that may
cause delays in important tax information being sent to investors.
- A Hedge Fund may provide no transparency regarding its
underlying investments (including sub-funds in a fund of funds
structure) to investors. If this is the case, there will be no way
for an investor to monitor the specific investments made by the
Hedge Fund or, in a fund of funds structure, to know whether the
sub-fund investments are consistent with the Hedge Fund’s
investment strategy or risk levels.
- A Hedge Fund may execute a substantial portion of trades on
foreign exchanges or over-the-counter markets, which could mean
higher risk.
- A Hedge Fund’s fees and expenses-which may be substantial
regardless of any positive return- will offset the Hedge Fund’s
trading profits. In a fund of funds or similar structure, fees are
generally charged at the fund as well as the sub-fund levels;
therefore fees charged investors will be higher that those charged
if the investor invested directly in the sub-fund(s).
- Hedge Funds are not required to provide periodic pricing or
valuation information to investors.
- Hedge Funds and their managers/advisors may be subject to
various conflicts of interest.
The above general
summary is not a complete list of the risks and other important
disclosures involved in investing in Hedge Funds and, with respect
to any particular Hedge Fund, is subject to the more complete and
specific disclosures contained in such Hedge Fund’s respective
offering documents. Before making any investment, an investor should
thoroughly review a Hedge Fund’s offering documents with the
investor’s financial, legal and tax advisor to determine whether an
investment in the Hedge Fund is suitable for the investor in light
of the investor’s investment objectives, financial circumstances and
tax situation.
All performance information is believed
to be net of applicable fees unless otherwise specifically noted. No
representation is made that any fund will or is likely to achieve
its objectives or that any investor will or is likely to achieve
results comparable to those shown or will make any profit at all or
will be able to avoid incurring substantial losses. Past performance
is not necessarily indicative, and is no guarantee, of future
results.
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index. Comparisons to indexes have limitations because indexes have
volatility and other material characteristics that may differ from a
particular hedge fund. For example, a hedge fund may typically hold
substantially fewer securities than are contained in an index.
Indices also may contain securities or types of securities that are
not comparable to those traded by a hedge fund. Therefore, a hedge
fund’s performance may differ substantially from the performance of
an index. Because of these differences, indexes should not be relied
upon as an accurate measure of comparison.
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