What Current Trends Tell Us about the Future of the Hedge Fund Industry

What Current Trends Tell Us about the Future of the Hedge Fund Industry

By Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA

The following comments are excerpted from Agecroft Partners’ Don Steinbrugge’s presentation delivered at the 69^th CFA Institute Annual Conference held on May 9^th, 2016 in Montreal. In Mr. Steinbrugge’s session titled “What Current Trends Tell Us about the Future of the Hedge Fund Industry” he discussed a number of the recent quotes and articles directed to the hedge fund industry that were covered broadly by the media.

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