Closing the Pension Funding Gap - A Tweak to Hedge Fund Incentive Compensation Achieves True Alignme

Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Author: HedgeTracker.com

Pension systems worldwide are in crisis. U.S. public and private pensions alone are facing a shortfall of more than $1 trillion. To catch up, pensions are increasingly turning to hedge funds. For the decade ending in 2009, the S&P 500 Index was down 1% while the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was up 6.6%. Many pensions have recently announced plans to increase their exposure to hedge funds.

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