Meet the 8 people with new ideas about data, fees, and tech who are shaking up the $3.2 trillion hedge fund game

• The hedge fund game is dominated by big players, and it can be tough for true innovators to carve out a niche. Here are eight people making their mark with new twists on fees, data, ESG investing, and more.
• Investors have questioned the hedge fund industry's high fees and recent lackluster performance - which has helped make the case for new ideas more compelling.
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The hedge fund industry is often slow to embrace change.

Sure, funds start and close every year, and managers tweak investment strategies and fee structures, but many have been sticking to the same basic approaches for decades.

We found eight people who are actively trying to change things up when it comes to data, fees, sustainable investments and more.

They work at places like JPMorgan, APG Asset Management, and Acadian Asset Management, among others. Some have been at their mission for years while others are just starting out, but all of them are doing something that turns conventional thinking in the hedge fund space on its head.