Hedge funds offer an important source of diversification but accessing them can be expensive and problematic due to their opaque nature. Linking to an index may be the answer
The answer to whether hedge funds are the perfect investment is simple: no single investment is ever the perfect investment. However, it can be argued that hedge funds have a place in most, if not all, investors' portfolios. In the past 10 years, the investment vehicle of choice for most IFAs and their clients has been the with-profits bond. The primary reasons for this were that they offered smooth consistent returns that were greater than cash, bonuses that could not be taken away and a smoothing factor that evened out years when stock markets fell. In addition, the issuers were househol...
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