Two new liquid alternative funds were launched in Q1 2018, one Relative Value Fund and one Multi-Strategy Fund, according to Wilshire Funds Management’s Q1 2018 Liquid Alternatives Industry Monitor.
Additionally, there were 24 liquidations during the quarter.
AUM in the liquid alternatives universe increased by USD9 billion in the first three months of the year, while net inflows totalled approximately USD11.9 billion.
Relative Value Funds had the largest net inflows of USD7.5 billion, the largest net quarterly inflows to this space since the inception of Wilshire Liquid Alternative indices.
Following consecutive quarters of outflows, the Event Driven and Global Macro spaces finally saw small net inflows of USD0.1 billion and USD0.8 billion, respectively.
