Nadia Papagiannis Interest in liquid alternatives cooled a bit last year amid a broad shift in investor perceptions around alternative investments in general and hedge funds in particular, but their core attraction – access to sophisticated investment strategies in liquid form and for low cost & minimums – remains relevant as scrutiny on hedge fund fees mounts. In this contributed article, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Nadia Papagiannis provides a review of the segment’s performance last year and her latest thinking on how liquid alternative investments can fit inside broader portfolios.