1. Why have alternative investments become an increasing allocation in recent years for US pension fund managers? Why if you were a pension fund manager would you be attracted to alternative investments?
2. What are the risks associated with investing in hedge funds? Can these be mitigated?
3. Venture capital investing witnessed a massive boom during the covid period, and has experienced a bust (less fund raising, less investments, less monetizations) since 2022. Why?
4. Brodie Chapter -26 page -7 describes different hedge fund strategies. The relative performance of these strategies varies dramatically from year to year depending on economic and market conditions. Based on your personal market and economic outlook for 2024 which do you think will be the most attractive and most unattractive hedge fund strategies in 2024 and why? (there are no right or wrong answers .