RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 On the Role of Hedge Funds in Institutional Portfolios JF The Journal of Alternative Investments FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 77 OP 89 DO 10.3905/jai.2004.391065 VO 6 IS 4 A1 Hilary Till YR 2004 UL https://pm-research.com/content/6/4/77.abstract AB Hedge funds do not easily fit into the current way institutions go about investing. Based on a survey of recent academic and practitioner research, the author reviews six competing frameworks for how to incorporate hedge funds in institutional portfolios. Each framework has very different implications for institutional asset allocation, manager selection, and benchmarking.