Suffering its worst year ever, the hedge fund industry by most expectations faces a shakeout in which only the fit will survive. Yet most participants in our latest InvestorForum seem to think the worst is over. Hedge funds, according to our survey results, are no longer as widely considered a sure thing as before, but most respondents see either a return of stability or gains in 2009, and most plan to keep hedge fund allocations the same or increase them.
