Investors in need of cash or traumatized by the Bernard Madoff scandal will continue to redeem hedge fund shares in droves, HedgeWorld News predicts, shrinking the industry by 30% this year to as low as $1 trillion. That was the size of the industry in 2005.
I think well have two quarter of significant redemptions, Chris Manswer, global head of hedge funds-of-funds at
At the end of 2008, the hedge fund industry stood at $1.4 trillion, after being hit with $152 billion in redemptions, or 9% of assets, in the fourth quarter. Last June, the industry was much larger$2.7 trillion.