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Fund Searches and Mandates

We look at the strategies and regions fund investors plan to target in the year ahead, as well as which investors are planning new investments.

Fig. 1: Breakdown of Searches Issued by Fig. 2: Breakdown of Hedge Fund Searches Issued by Investor Location, August 2014 Investor Type, August 2014

Fund of Hedge Funds Manager 3% 3% Public 3%3% 3% 3% 22% Asset Manager North America 6% Endowment

44% Europe 6% Foundation

Asia-Pacific Investment Company 8% 58% Company Rest of World 8% Wealth Manager 31% Private Pension Fund

Sovereign Wealth Fund

Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Investor Profi les Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Investor Profi les

Fig. 3: Hedge Fund Searches Issued by Strategy, August 2014

60% 54% Subscriber Quicklink 50% Subscribers can click here to view detailed profi les of 387 40% institutional investors in hedge funds searching for new 31% investments via the Fund Searches and Mandates feature 30% 27% on Preqin’s Hedge Fund Investor Profi les. 23% 19% 20% 15% 15% Preqin tracks the future investment plans of investors in 12% 12% 10% hedge funds, allowing subscribers to source investors actively 4% Proportion of Fund Searches seeking to invest capital in new hedge fund investments. 0% Not yet a subscriber? For more information, or to register for a

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Fig. 4: Examples of Fund Searches Issued in August 2014

Investor Investor Type Location Fund Search Details THEAM is currently looking to invest with fund managers in the Asia-Pacifi c region. The fund Fund of of hedge funds manager plans to expand its investment portfolio over the next 12 months by THEAM Hedge Funds France investing in up to 12 underlying hedge funds. THEAM will be allocating capital to managers that Manager employ special situations and strategies. The $622mn public pension fund is looking to allocate approximately $30mn of its portfolio to one Austin Police fund of hedge funds manager over the next 12 months. The Texas-based public pension fund is Public Pension Retirement US looking to fulfi l its 10% target allocation to the asset class and is currently considering potential Fund System investment opportunities with Lighthouse Partners, Permal Group, Archstone Partnerships and Ironwood Capital Management. The $7.8bn fund of hedge funds manager is targeting an increase in its allocations to macro and Banque Privée Fund of CTA strategies over the next few quarters. The Geneva-headquartered fi rm expects to reallocate Edmond de Hedge Funds Switzerland capital currently tied to its existing hedge fund holdings in an effort to fund any forthcoming macro Rothschild Manager and CTA investments.

Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Investor Profi les

14 Hedge Fund Spotlight / September 2014 © 2014 Preqin Ltd. / www.preqin.com