Jupiter is looking at absolute-return funds with performance fees, in which it would take some control of asset allocation.

ECONOMIST: For the fortunate few

Hedge funds have brought the idea of absolute performance back into style.

FORBES: Growing Pains

Part of the fear that drives investors to products such as variable annuities, equity-indexed annuities, and the false promises of active management (including absolute return funds) is the misplaced fear of the recent lost decade in the performance of stocks.

FORBES: A Lost Decade? Not The Case For All Investors