Appetite for Nordic hedge funds grows as sector goes mainstream

More transparency and lower management fees have made hedge funds more accessible ­ and increased investor interest in the funds in the Nordic region. But watch out for one of the most common pitfalls, experts say.
Photo: Colourbox
Photo: Colourbox

Ever since the first modern hedge fund was created in 1949 by Australian investor Alfred Winslow Jones, the vehicles have seemed ­ to outsiders ­ as about as transparent as the capital structure of Chinese utility company. That is to say, not very.

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