AIMA comes out swinging
Apr 8th, 2008 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Media Coverage of Hedge FundsThe Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the de facto global voice of the hedge fund industry (disclosure: Alpha Male helped establish one of its chapters and the London-based organization also co-founded the CAIA designation, a site partner of AllAboutAlpha.com.)
Earlier today, AIMA issued a press release that could very well double as a posting on AllAboutAlpha.com called Hedge Fund Industry Target of Unreasonable Criticism.
It essentially draws attention to one of the central findings of the Greenwich Associates survey discussed above: that hedge funds and other alternative investments have now become mainstream. In additon, it questions mass media reporting of the industry and calls for more balanced reporting going forward.
Those who might think we at AllAboutAlpha.com are a bunch of hedge fund apologists – look away now. Below we re-publish said press release in its entirety:
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