Credit Suisse is pleased to announce the results of its annual Global Hedge Fund Investor Survey, in which we analyse responses from over 600 institutional investors, representing $1.04 trillion of hedge fund investments, on a number of topics. These include investors’ current sentiment towards the hedge fund industry and their predictions for its growth prospects; their allocations plans across various strategies and regions; their return forecasts for the year ahead; and their views on key new trends and developments in the industry.