A majority of high net worth individuals in the US were satisfied with the performance of their hedge fund investments over the past 12 months, at a time when other alternative asset classes have underperformed, a study has found.

About 51% of respondents to a survey of wealthy Americans, who had investments in alternative asset classes, said they were satisfied with their hedge fund investments over the previous 12 months. An even greater percentage (57%) of those surveyed expressed satisfaction with the performance of their hedge fund since their initial investment, while only 5% were dissatisfied.