AIMA, the global representative for the alternative investment management industry, has today published the results of its Q1 2022 Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI) in partnership with Simmons & Simmons and Seward & Kissel showing that confidence levels reported by hedge funds remain resilient despite a number of prevailing headwinds impacting the global economy.
AIMA, the global representative for the alternative investment management industry, has today published the results of its Q1 2022 Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI) in partnership with Simmons & Simmons and Seward & Kissel showing that confidence levels reported by hedge funds remain resilient despite a number of prevailing headwinds impacting the global economy.
Based on a sample of more than 300 hedge funds (accounting for approximately USD1.9 trillion in hedge fund assets) that participated in the index, the average measure of confidence (in the economic prospects of their business over the coming 12 months) is +17, one point higher than the score reported from the previous score.
Despite greater market turbulence, increasing geopolitical tensions in Ukraine, as well as a renewed set of regulatory challenges in particular for the private fund industry in the US, over 90 per cent of all hedge funds that participated in the index are confident in the economic prospects of their business over the coming 12 months.
Global macro (+19) and multi-strategy (+18) reported the highest confidence scores.
