Hedge Funds Get the Nod in Risk-Factor-Based Investing, Citigroup Survey Finds

(Pension & Investments) A majority of investors prefer to use hedge funds for risk-factor-based investing, showed new data from a survey by Citigroup’s prime finance capital introduction unit. Fully 69% of survey respondents said they prefer to invest in risk-factor and smart beta strategies through a hedge fund vehicle. Among the universe of mostly institutional investors surveyed, 15% said they utilize investment bank strategies and 8% each said they use exchange-traded funds or in-house management to capture diversified, risk-adjusted returns available through risk-factor and smart beta strategies, according to Citi’s survey, which was released Thursday.

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