I realise it is a bit unfair to pick on the bullied kid in the playground, but it is hard not to wonder whether the ‘alternative investment' space has lost the plot. Of course, it was not supposed to be like this. The hedge fund industry - with some notable exceptions - had a horrible financial crisis, but the halting recovery after 2009 was supposed to be kinder to the wunderkinds of the investment world.
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