Hedge Fund Managers Are Skittish About 2012 Outlook

摘要

Despite some positive signs - investors pumped $16 billion into hedge funds in the first three months of the year, according to Hedge Fund Research-port folio managers don't expect smooth sailing for the second half of 2012. Roughly 48 percent of the hedge fund man agers surveyed by Rothstein Kass, a solution provider to the alternative investment community, foresee a difficult year for the sector, with nearly 40 percent of respondents expressing concern that the U.S. could enter a "double-dip" recession. Meanwhile, says Howard Altaian, co-CEO of Rothstein Kass and principal in charge of the firm's financial services group, the industry continues to benefit from institutional asset flows.