West Loop Financial LLCPension Funds Turn In Vain To Hedge Funds – West Loop Financial LLC https://www.westloopfinancial.com Evolutionize Site Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 Pension Funds Turn In Vain To Hedge Funds https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2016/07/04/pension-funds-turn-in-vain-to-hedge-funds/ https://www.westloopfinancial.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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]]> 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 in their underfunded plans.

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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