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Traditional Hedge Fund Fee Structure Called Into Question

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Since the Global Financial Crisis, hedge fund fee structures have been changing dramatically. Performance hasn't been what it was leading up to the financial crisis, so many managers have been forced to slash their fees in order to attract capital. However, hedge fund fees aren't the primary concern of investors because managers who continue to outperform their peers aren't having much trouble attracting capital.

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Traditional hedge fund fee structure called into question

Eurekahedge notes that the traditional 2 and 20 hedge fund fee structure was called into question by the mediocre returns many funds have posted since the financial crisis. Before 2008, most hedge funds managed double-digit annual returns, but since...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.