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Ronan Daly explains why it is essential when setting up a hedge fund to work with specialist service providers to help minimise the risks associated with your product and streamline your operation

Hedge funds have been making the news in recent months for the right reasons. Against a backdrop of long-only funds losing investor assets across the board, hedge funds have outperformed all major equity indices and have, by and large, been able to demonstrate an ability to make returns for their clients when markets are going up or down. As a result, investors have been pouring money into hedge funds and investment houses have been falling over themselves to develop in-house hedge funds. The change in perception of hedge funds illustrates a key issue ' there is general confusion about wh...

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