Investors redeemed an estimated net USD25.2 billion from hedge funds in July on the back of outflows of USD23.5 billion in June, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The latest wave of redemption pressure brings year-to-date flows
Australian hedge funds have recovered from the outflows which occurred during the global financial crisis, according to industry stalwart Kim Ivey (pictured), now an adviser to hedge fund managers and family offices. He says that some are having a particularly
Hedge funds posted gains for the fifth consecutive month in July, the longest positive streak since 2013, driven by equity hedge and event-driven strategies, as equity and credit markets recovered Brexit losses. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) advanced
July saw positive performance across the majority of asset classes as markets rebounded after the Brexit turmoil. The MSCI World Index returned 4.3 per cent whilst the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index returned 0.6 per cent, pushing both indices up
Global hedge fund capital increased in Q2 2016, recovering the decline from the prior quarter and rising above the year-end 2015 level to reach the third highest quarterly capital total on record, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund
Funds of hedge funds (FoHF) have gone from accounting for nearly 50 per cent of all hedge funds assets under management (AUM) in 2008 to 28.3 per cent in 2016, according to eVestment’s latest Fund of Hedge Funds Industry Report.
AltX, the San Francisco based hedge fund intelligence platform, has launched AltX Estimates, providing clients with return data on more than 17,000 funds, including performance data on over 80 per cent of the ‘Billion Dollar Club’ funds. AltX Estimates delivers
BarclayHedge has ranked Elberon Investment Fund as one of the world's top-performing "long bias" equity funds for the three-year period ending on 31 March 2016. Elberon, which is managed by Bruce Salomon, ranked number eight globally and number two in
Hedge funds marked another positive performance month in May, with the industry returning 0.93 per cent through the month to bring year-to-date gains to 1.55 per cent, according to data released by Preqin. Although this does not match the 2.39
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund has recorded the second consecutive month of positive hedge fund performance in April to bring 2016 YTD figures into the black for the first time this year. Returns of 1.44 per cent through the month
