Key Takeaways
- Utah Retirement Systems invest over $5 billion in hedge funds for 224,290 plan participants.
- Hedge funds play a crucial role in growing these investments over time, and the gains made from these investments benefit ordinary Americans.
- Recent scrutiny from Washington, D.C., has made it clear that some politicians don’t understand how hedge funds work.
Hedge funds provide substantial benefits for critical organizations such as pensions, foundations, nonprofits, and univeristy endowments. It’s the hope of Rane Smith, a Utah resident, that his state’s elected officials and those across the country recognize the value hedge funds provide. He voices his concerns in a letter to the Deseret News. Key excerpts found below.
“We must ensure pensions, nonprofit and university endowments have a clear recovery path. These organizations invest in hedge funds, which play a critical role in their long-term financial stability.”
“Pensions, endowments and other institutional investors depend on hedge funds, a misunderstood but important aspect of Wall Street, to secure their financial well-being. Hedge funds employ sophisticated market strategies to generate stable, durable returns on investment for entities like Utah Retirement Systems, which invest over $5 billion for 224,290 plan participants. Hedge funds play a crucial role in growing these investments over time, and the gains made from these investments benefit ordinary Americans.”
