Source: Financial Times, 11th July 2010

Many pension funds are keen to invest more in alternative investments. And alternative investment managers are usually keen to have such investors on board: they are seen as more long-term and knowledgeable than the wealthy investors many managers have focused on in the past. They are also less likely to panic and demand their money back when the going gets tough, which makes life easier for managers in the relatively liquid sectors such as funds of hedge funds.(PDF of top 100)