Investors find comfort in hedge fund investment through managed account platform

Investors are embracing managed accounts for direct investment into hedge funds. Investors want their risks and exposures protected from default or counterparty or service provider failure.

Market turmoil has proved challenging for hedge fund performance. Lyxor has seen a huge dispersion in performance between strategies and between managers on its platform. At the same time the managed account platform Lyxor runs has become increasingly attractive to investors who have either already been invested in hedge funds and want a more risk controlled environment or for first time investors who see a platform as a cost effective and simpler way to make direct allocations to strategies.

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