CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS
We help institutional investors find hedge fund talent
Hedge Scout conducts bottom-up research on global hedge fund launches to solve for hedge fund industry transparency.
The research framework is rooted in over two decades of institutional hedge fund database development and manager research.
Since 2020, our proprietary research has informed decision-making on hedge fund and managed account allocations, manager seeding, portfolio manager recruitment, manager monitoring, new and evolving strategies, and benchmark and peer group construction.
Hedge Scout can boost hedge fund coverage and research productivity by a multiple while resolving several consequential data and intelligence deficiencies experienced by most institutional allocators.
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THE PROBLEM
What we solve for
Even well-resourced institutional allocators lack visibility into more than half of all global hedge fund managers.
Established Hedge Funds Data Deficit
- Hedge fund databases capture only a fraction of the global hedge fund universe because manager participation is voluntary.
- Amalgamated data from six industry databases exclude 44% of hedge funds with assets under management (AUM) over $150 million.
Established Deficit: Annual Cost
- Hedge funds listed in vendor databases have shown an average relative underperformance of -2.64% est. in net annualized rate of return (RoR) compared to non-listed funds over a four-year period.
Emerging Hedge Funds Data Deficit
- More than 70% of hedge fund launches and emerging managers are absent from database records due to strategy incubation, targeted marketing approaches, and privacy concerns.
- Most hedge funds will never disclose their firm to a hedge fund database.
Emerging Deficit: Annual Cost
- Established hedge funds have demonstrated an average relative underperformance of -5.26% est. in net annualized rate of return (RoR) compared to younger funds over a 10-year period.
Deficient hedge fund data and intelligence not only impair absolute and relative performance but also undermine the legitimacy of any hedge fund search, research, analysis, benchmarking, and portfolio optimization, exemplifying the principle of
ABOUT US
What you get
The pathways to optimal hedge fund search, research, and investment begin with early and comprehensive access to global hedge fund managers.
Comprehensive
Hedge Scout can give your team a 50% to 100%+ boost in hedge fund coverage. Our institutional-grade research provides the big picture, fills database gaps, optimizes index development, and enhances the effectiveness of any manager due diligence or research effort.
Early
Hedge Scout deliberately finds new launches early on, with many profiles predating the selection of service providers. Monitor strategy and performance from day one, reducing data biases—such as backfill or instant history—by as much as 80%+.
Exclusive
Find hedge fund managers and industry intelligence unavailable elsewhere. Roughly 90% of our research is exclusive at the time of release, giving your group a decisive edge in hedge fund searches, strategy research, and understanding evolving industry dynamics.
Foresight
Track macro and micro industry developments, including new and emerging hedge fund strategies, geographical trends, portfolio manager and other key departures, fundraising, seeding and allocation decisions, and open the door to founder's class fees, terms, and capacity early on.
Productive
Hedge fund analysts spend 20–25% of their time searching for and engaging with new managers. Hedge Scout provides continuous research on new hedge funds, allowing your team to focus on other pertinent matters.
Smart
A fast, continuously updated platform optimized for mobile, featuring intuitive search by keyword or phrase—designed specifically for early-stage research, including strategy, sub-strategy, portfolio manager pedigree, founder's terms, AUM , seed/backers, key allocators, and more.
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Our track record
Hedge Scout builds comprehensive databases from the bottom-up.
