Golden: PRINCO wouldn't invest in hedge funds for median returns
Andy Golden · Andrew Golden – Beyond the Long Term (Capital Allocators, EP.13) · Jun 26, 2017 · at 43:29
Andy Golden, longtime head of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), discusses hedge fund allocations with Ted Seides.
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“If we were condemned to produce the median return of the hedge fund space, there's I don't think we'd have any allocation.”
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