What can slow down the hedge fund juggernaut? Well, if the global credit crunch didn't do it, I'm not sure anything can. Hedge Fund Daily reports institutional investors around the world, except Australia, are planning to boost their allocations to hedge funds. North America is leading the pack. Managers say they will boost their allocations fully 20 percent, from 7.5 percent of total assets to 9 percent. Japan will boost to nearly 10 percent from 9.3 percent. This is good news, but it also speaks to the competitiveness of the industry. Not all funds will take a share of the expanding pie. You've got to show the returns. But that's what this industry is all about. For the moment, the industry has really suffered. November was a really bad month.  

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