自金融危机以来,许多投资者一直在猛击弗利格林对冲基金。根据2011年的Preqin研究,只有24%的私营部门养老金计划愿意投资于2009年的46%的新兴对冲基金。而不是尝试新的管理人员,投资者一直引人注目,这一直致力于长轨道的一些大型资金。记录。据Pertrac称,只有3.9%的10,000名单经理对冲基金占资产的60%。
但进入巨型资金可能导致较低的回报。研究表现为2010年的15年,Pertrac发现年轻资金提供了最佳结果。对于该期间,不到两年的资金每年返回16.2%,而两到四岁的资金返回12.2%,赛道记录超过40%。年轻资金提供额外的回报,同时通过标准偏差测量较低的风险。此外,资产少于1亿美元的小型资金通过广泛的保证金表现出更大的资金。
分析师认为,新兴经理大阿antages because they can trade more nimbly. While giant portfolios may be forced to stick with blue-chip stocks and other holdings that can be traded in large qualities, start-up funds can use small caps and less liquid choices. Big funds tend to spread their bets, following more than one strategy. In contrast, emerging funds stick to one approach. “Because young portfolios tend to focus on what they do best, hedge funds often deliver their best returns during their first years,” says Antoine Rolland, CEO of Paris-based NewAlpha Asset Management, which manages $250 million that is invested in emerging managers.
Nadia Papagiannis,MinTorstar的替代投资策略家表示,新兴的经理可能会获得更好的回报,因为他们是Hungrier。为了吸引资产,年轻资金需要大风险,以便提供额外的回报。
The aggressiveness of small funds may be reinforced by the traditional fee structure, which includes 2 percent annual management fees and performance fees equal to 20 percent of profits. Large funds can cover their costs by collecting annual management fees, says Papagiannis. “To survive, emerging funds need to take risks so that they can earn incentive fees,” she says.
寻求更好的回报和更多样化,一些养老金已经开始针对新兴资金。伊利诺伊州教师退休制度最近投资了4000万美元的营造资金。加州公共雇员的退休系统(Calpers)在新兴对冲基金的定制基金中投入5亿美元。此外,卡波斯已开始播种对冲基金,提供早期投资,可以帮助新兴管理人员建立有利可图的企业。养老金最近在多伦多的全球宏观对冲基金中投入了Breton Hill Capital的种子资金,并入股票,商品和货币的投资。
一些养老金更喜欢播种,因为它可以产生超出返回。在一个典型的交易中,投资者将2000万美元达到新兴基金达到8000万美元。投资者可以获得股权或协议,以占固定期限的金额收入的20%至30%,例如八年。两年前,Newalpha资产管理提供了4000万美元的种子金钱给装甲狼,这是由John Brynjolfsson领导的全球宏观装备,他是Pimco真正的退货基金的前经理。“尽管经理人的才能和追踪记录,他很难将第一亿美元汇集在一起,”Newalpha的Antoine Rolland说。
With the cash in hand, the emerging fund was able to attract other investors. Now the manager has about $1 billion in assets.
有些经理说,这些天播种机会特别丰富。随着沃尔克规则导致投资银行修剪专有交易书桌,成功的投资组合经理正在寻求启动自己的对冲基金。但新兴管理人员在许多机构都谨慎下注于初创公司时,这是对资金的竞争增加。