Dixon Boardman, a veteran hedge fund of fund manager, is a survivor. Having founded, Optima Fund Management in 1988, his firm now manages USD4 billion. Boardman – and Optima - have stood firm through a sustained period of challenges for the fund of funds business. “2008 did shake up a lot of people.  And on top of that, there was Madoff. We avoided that fiasco, but it did force quite a few people out of the industry,” Boardman (pictured) says. “We’ve been guided by two bedrock principles of avoiding unnecessary risk and investing with the best and brightest hedge fund managers in the business....