Biscardi: Hedge fund performance dispersion is far wider than traditional equities
Ron Biscardi · Ron Biscardi – Putting Hedge Funds in Context (Capital Allocators, EP.83) · Jan 21, 2019 · at 27:45
Ron Biscardi, CEO of Context Capital Partners, explains why institutional allocators continuously retool hedge fund portfolios despite negative media headlines.
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“If you look at the dispersion between, in particular categories in the hedge fund space, it is much, much larger than the dispersion in traditional markets, like long only, for example. You'll see a much tighter performance band in the traditional asset classes than you will in hedge funds”
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