We've noted recently that hedge funds have once again reclaimed the $2 trillion mark. It's been a good year, and institutions are again turning on the spigots. Inflows have been positive for eight months in a row.

The conventional wisdom is that large funds with longer performance histories and deeper compliance and administrative infrastructure will be the biggest beneficiaries. That will largely remain true, but mid-sized hedge funds are also starting to fare well, notes Reuters.  Hedge funds that oversee between $5 billion and $10 billion experienced higher inflows than outflows through the first nine months of the year. For smaller hedge funds, the story is different. Redemptions rose 30 percent in the first nine months, while inflows rose 18 percent, according to a Barclays Reports. 

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