Standard & Poor'sSelecting funds of hedge funds

Kate Hollis is associate director of fund research at Standard & Poor's Using a series of case studies, Katie Hollis revealed the qualities to look out for that will take a fund of hedge funds to the head of the pack, what can make it a dog and answered the question of how to tell the difference beforehand. Her position is that selecting funds of hedge funds is really no different than selecting any other type of funds. However, it is harder work partly because there is a greater degree of unfamiliarity and partly because of a lack of appropriate information. Firstly, it is importa...