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Hedge fund data stories – 2020

18/01/2021
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What was the story of Hedge Fund performance for 2020? Bryn Sandison, Head of Operational Due Diligence at Aurum Research Limited, has been looking at the data and shares his thoughts ahead of the release of Aurum’s first hedge fund industry deep dive.

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