Assets Under Management (AUM) for Various Kinds of Funds - Pension Funds, Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Mutual Funds

Abstract

The recent financial turmoil has resulted in most of the wealth residing in the form of cash. An extensive research on the various types of funds, the amount of money which goes into each of them and their asset allocation will help us in understanding the fund management business in a broad sense and also in identifying the business opportunities that might arise once the financial turmoil is over. Various kinds of commonly known funds are pension funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, sovereign funds, private equity funds, etc. Depending on the kinds of investors, each fund can be classified as high risk, medium risk or a low risk one. When we delve further into each of the above funds, complexities arise since each of the above funds is quite broad. This research paper covers the analysis of pension funds and hedge funds. The main focus is on the analysis of these funds in terms of Geography, Assets Under Management (AUM), Asset Allocations, the strategies being followed and the changes happening due to the recent financial turmoil. The primary data has been collected by means of questionnaires, interviews and email correspondence with fund managers across different countries. The secondary data has been collected from different sources such as journals, newspapers, research reports and internet.