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New Report Says Institutional Investments in Hedge Funds Will Climb 56% by 2017

Global institutional investments in hedge funds will increase to $2.3 trillion by the end of 2017.

This month’s edition of the Policy Brief newsletter covers a number of important developments in the global hedge fund industry.

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New resource gives an overview of regulatory action taken in the EU over the last few years.

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Educational resource explains how hedge funds have been regulated at the federal, state, and local levels since their inception in the 1940s.

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Now standing at $2.375 trillion, industry capital grew at the fastest rate since 2010.

The latest news on legislative and regulatory issues affecting the hedge fund industry from Washington D.C. and beyond.

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38% of investors said they expect to increase their allocation to hedge funds in 2012.

65% of global hedge fund assets come from institutional investors such as pension funds and university and non-profit endowments.

38 of the top 100 pension plan sponsors utilize hedge funds.

Pension plans accounted for 53% of institutional investor assets held by hedge funds — a total of $594 billion — as of March 30, 2011.

Endowments allocate — on average — 38% of their alternative asset portfolio to marketable alternative strategies, including hedge funds.