At the start of 2014, Joanne Hill was preparing to present at a conference focused on alternative investments for financial advisers. Exhibit 1 provides selected slides from the presentation. Hill wants to showcase how Hedge Replication ETF (HDG) provided an exposure to hedge funds at low fees, with full transparency and providing daily liquidity. But she had to overcome some resistance in the audience because most hedge fund strategies had underperformed the overall stock market in recent years. Could 2014 be a comeback year for hedge fund strategies?
