July 10, 2021

Facts Important on Hedge Funds

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The Role of Hedge Funds
Facts Important on Hedge Funds

Key Takeaways

  1. Hedge funds are an essential tool for sophisticated investment strategies that make a positive impact across North Dakota.
  2. North Dakota pensions invest $722 million in hedge funds.
  3. Across the Peace Garden State, hedge funds deliver retirement security, college education, and the vital work done by nonprofits and charities through $1.1 billion in investments.

Hedge funds are an essential tool for critical institutions that make a positive impact across North Dakota. In a letter in The Bismarck Tribune, North Dakota State Representative Jason Dockter stresses that overregulation of hedge funds will hurt underlying beneficiaries. Key excerpts can be found below.

“They work on Wall Street, but hedge funds are also an essential tool for smart and sophisticated investment strategies that make a positive impact across North Dakota.”

“Policymakers should stand up against politically charged proposals that would make it harder for hedge funds to succeed. Those proposals only hurt the people we’re supposed to serve – our constituents.”