The results are in from our global online survey on hedge fund replication and you may find some of the results a little surprising.  The sample of 180 hedge fund managers, investors, consultants and service providers reveals, for example, that hedge fund managers now see so-called hedge fund clones as a complement to their offerings – not a replacement.  The survey was conducted jointly by AllAboutAlpha.com and conference producer Terrapinn over the period of January 29-February 6, 2008.  What follows is a more in-depth look at the findings.

Respondents to this survey represented a cross section of the hedge fund industry from single manager hedge funds to end investors – allowing for some interesting comparisons across segments.

Skeptics of hedge funds often argue that they produce little to no real alpha (see one such example in a recent posting).  So to get an idea of the ideological views of the end investors and consultants we first asked them if they attributed hedge fund returns to manager skill or to simple risk premia…

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