An AIMA article published on 21 September 2026 summarised Stacking Up: Emerging Manager Survey 2026, co-authored by Marex and AIMA, using responses from 180 hedge fund managers with up to US$1 billion in assets and 50 institutional investors.
In the survey, emerging managers employed an average of 10 people, compared with 7 in the previous edition.
The reported average breakeven for the surveyed managers rose by almost a fifth to US$82.9m.
86% of investors in the study cited operational due diligence as the biggest barrier to allocation.
Across respondents, management fees averaged 1.43%, while reported performance fees moved from 16.22% in the 2024 survey to 16.24% in the 2026 edition.
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Written for Rainmakrr from the source above. The announcement was published 21 September 2026.