PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mark Anson TI - Death, Taxes, and Hedge Funds AID - 10.3905/jai.2014.17.3.111 DP - 2014 Dec 31 TA - The Journal of Alternative Investments PG - 111--114 VI - 17 IP - 3 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/17/3/111.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/17/3/111.full AB - Ben Franklin once wrote famously that there is nothing certain in life but death and taxes. This article would like to add one more item to this list: hedge funds. It seems like the debate over hedge funds is an endless discussion that, like taxes and death, is inevitable. Are hedge funds growing? Shrinking? An asset class? Not an asset class? Nothing more than a bundle of beta factors? The debate continues without an end in sight.TOPIC: Real assets/alternative investments/private equity