Fee structure for hedge funds in question

Recently at the Wall Street Journal, they question whether the current fee structure for hedge funds is still working due to their poor performances. The current structure is 2% of assets and 20% of gains, which allows investors to make money no matter what the market performance is. However, last year, this did not pan out, as many of the investors managed to loose even some of their original investments. For more, read the article at the Wall Street Journal.