Investors got used to holding the whip hand during the credit crisis as hedge funds had to hand back hundreds of billions of dollars to clients, leaving managers desperate for assets and in a weaker position to haggle on fees.
However, investors are now finding many funds have both healthier looking client lists after last year's 20-percent returns and long memories when it comes to which investors deserted them during the tough times.
Downward pressure on hedge funds' lucrative fees has evaporated, executives say, and they look unlikely to fall further now that demand and performance have picked up.
"I don't think (that fees will fall further)," said Thames River Capital's Ken Kinsey-Quick, whose portfolios invest in hedge funds. "This is where supply and demand seems to be settling."
The well-known structure of 2 percent annual management fees and 20 percent fees, commonplace before the financial crisis, has come under pressure as investors pulled out $330 billion in the year to June 2009, according to Hedge Fund Research HFR.L.
Source: www.reuters.com
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