Low-end Passive hedge fund research, index & database providers
Hedge Fund Research
BarclayHedge
Credit Suisse/Tremont
EurekaHedge
Midrange General investment consultant providing advice primarily on hedge fund-of-funds manager selection
Callan Associates
Wurts & Associates
Stratford Advisory Group
R.V. Kuhns
More sophisticated midrange Hedge funds of funds and some single-strategy hedge fund manager selection for direct investments
NEPC
RogersCasey
Rocaton
Ennis Knupp
Consultant-built HFoFs Consultant-created HFoFs (implemented consulting) HFoFs portfolio managed on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis
Cambridge Associates
Mercer
Angeles Investment Advisors
High sophistication Specialist alternative investment consultant with intense focus on single-strategy hedge fund manager selection, lesser focus on HFoF manager selection
Albourne Partners
Cliffwater
Aksia
Clontarf Capital
Beryl Consulting
Highest sophistication Hedge fund-of-funds managers offering full consulting services for institutions including customized funds, risk management, single-strategy hedge fund manager selection for direct investments
Blackstone Alternatives
PAAMCO
K2 Advisors
Rock Creek Group
J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Mgmt.
EACM Advisors
Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt.
Prisma Capital
Companies listed are representative of firms offering these services. The list is not intended to be comprehensive.