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Despite Anecdotal News, Institutions Increasing Hedge Funds Allocation

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Mark Melin
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Institutional investors are changing their allocation strategies, a study from Quinnipiac University School of Business Alternative Investment Institute published by the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association indicates.  In the wake of the CalPERS decision to exit hedge funds, as anecdotal news continues to pour in that institutional investors are reducing their allocations to hedge funds, exemplified by a Pensions & Investments article on the San Francisco City and Country reducing their allocations towards such investments, the study found the opposite to be true.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.