Emerging hedge funds gained in popularity last year (HedgeCo.net) (26-01-2012)

The Annual Global Investor Survey from Hedgeharbor Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Asset Alliance Corporation shows that there was increasing appeal of smaller emerging managers over last year. The percentage of investors that were willing to look at managers with less than $25 million in AUM doubled from 15% to 30% between 2010 and 2011.

When asked which single-manage strategies investors find most interesting, traditional hedge fund strategies such as Equity Long / Short, Event Driven & Market Neutral came to the fore. Convertible Arb, Global Macro & Distressed Debt strategies saw a decline in interest from 2010.

Source: HedgeCo.net