Opinion: Embrace hedge funds long-term – or leave them alone

Hedge funds are often considered a risky and costly alternative investment choice. And the hedge fund industry continues to grab headlines, very often for the wrong reasons. Some of this negative focus is justified given the number of performance blow-ups, investor frauds and displays of enormous wealth that have been flagged in recent years. What is less frequently captured in headlines is the strong performance of hedge funds. For that reason, investment managers from some Asi…