Distressed investing could be top performer next year
January 03, 2008
Investment in distressed securities is set to yield good returns next year, a poll of hedge fund managers has revealed.

Of the 41 hedge fund managers polled by Lipper for the study some 20 per cent predicted that distressed investment would be the top performing strategy.

More surprisingly, just ten per cent thought that investing in emerging economies, which yielded the best returns last year, would come out on top in 2008, the Reuters news agency reports.

Such an outcome would represent a significant shift from last year's hedge fund investment trends.

Data from Hedge Fund Research shows that distressed investing yielded returns of around 5.8 per cent in 2007.

Meanwhile, adopting a strategy of investing in emerging economies generated an average return of 22.5 per cent.

Among emerging economies those in Asia generated the best returns last year with an average of 33.4 per cent.

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London, Thursday, January 03, 2008 -- ARANCA NEWSTRACK – (aranca)


 
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