JMF Capstone Wealth ManagementPension Funds Turn In Vain To Hedge Funds – JMF Capstone Wealth Management https://www.jmfcapstone.com An Alabama registered investment advisor Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 Pension Funds Turn In Vain To Hedge Funds https://www.jmfcapstone.com/2016/07/04/pension-funds-turn-in-vain-to-hedge-funds/ https://www.jmfcapstone.com/2016/07/04/pension-funds-turn-in-vain-to-hedge-funds/#respond Mon, 04 Jul 2016 09:00:29 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=2940 Hit by a “perfect storm” that combined a decade (2000-2009) in which the S&P 500 lost about 1% a year with a rising tide of pension obligations, public workers’ pension funds across the country increasingly began turning to riskier alternative investments (such as hedge funds) in an effort to boost returns and close the gaps...

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Unfortunately, taking greater risk with such investments hasn’t produced the hoped-for results. In fact, it seems these efforts have only worsened the situation for beneficiaries. The big winners have been the purveyors of such investments, who earn much higher fees than those charged for passively managed funds—such as index mutual funds and ETFs—that invest in publicly available securities.

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