Direct hedge fund and private equity fund investment increases

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Pension funds continued to diversify into direct hedge funds and direct private equity, but are allocating significantly less to real estate, Watson Wyatt says.

Watson Wyatt said it conducted 30% more searches for direct hedge funds in 2008 compared with the previous year, while fund of hedge fund mandates fell as a proportion of total hedge fund searches ...

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