Date: 5th October 2016
Author:

Whereas hedge funds performed comparatively well during the financial crisis, the unstable post-recovery market has seen equity hedge funds producing profits of less than 15 per cent. According to data ranging from 2010 to 2013 hedge funds did not manage to beat overall stock markets and mutual funds’ performance. Equity hedge funds have produced just 1.7 per cent of average annual returns over the past five years, whereas the S&P 500 with dividends has delivered average annual returns of 7 per cent.

Read more here