The Hedge Fund Report Card

Investors say many factors are important when judging a hedge fund, but performance is still paramount.

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Back in 2009, Silver Point Capital was not exactly popular with investors. Its clients had just suffered through a huge, 35 percent drawdown, from June 2007 through December 2008, and some investors felt the credit and distressed-debt firm had become too big and that its strategies had run their course.

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