In its Investment Management Fees: Fairness Revisited report, investment consultancy bfinance stated sectors such as hedge funds and private markets have kept their hurdle fees «static» despite higher «risk-free» rates. A hurdle rate is the minimum profit or returns a hedge fund must earn before charging a fee. More specifically, in sectors where expected returns have increased as a direct result of higher interest rates, including hedge funds and private debt, the lack of change in hurdle rates has resulted in «greater overall fee leakage» and a higher percentage of overall return going...
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