The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 2.32 per cent in January, as the risk-on sentiment returned to the market, propelling the MSCI AC World Index (Local) up 7.36 per cent during the month. That’s according to the February 2019
Investors may have added USD1.69 billion to hedge funds in February but they face a rough road in 2019 with net inflows still in the negative YTD, according to eVestment’s February 2019 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. February is traditionally
The performance of every hedge fund strategy and sub-strategy was in positive territory last week (12-19 March), with Special Situation and Global Macro strategies outperforming, up +0.8 per cent, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research
Mid-year figures from Jersey’s regulator show that the Jersey Private Fund structure (JPF), launched last year, is continuing to show strong appeal across alternative asset classes. According to statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), 130 JPFs had
Performance challenges in the global hedge fund industry continued in October, according to the latest eVestment hedge fund performance data, with the industry’s aggregate performance of -3.10 per cent for the month dragging year-to-date (YTD) performance into the red at
The sell-off in October was difficult to navigate for hedge funds, but there were substantial divergences across strategies, according to Lyxor’s latest Hedge Fund Brief. Lyxor’s Philippe Ferreira (pictured), says: “L/S Equity and Event-Driven strategies underperformed due to their elevated
A new study written by the Strategic Consulting team, Prime Services, Barclays Capital reveals that Discretionary Macro, Equity Market Neutral, Equity Quant and Credit strategies are most favoured by investors as they seek to reduce their equity long-only exposure. The
With an annualised return since 2011 of 12.95 per cent placing it in the top decile of fixed income hedge fund performance tables, LNG Capital’s Europa Credit Fund is beginning to attract the attention of institutional investors alongside its traditional
The recent losses posted by Greater China equity fund managers nearly depleted their relative outperformance over their North American counterparts accumulated since the end of 2016, according to figures released by Eurekhedge. Owing to the underlying regional equity market rally,
Fund inflows rebounded in November as UK investors took advantage of the sharp drop in global stock markets at the end of October, according to the latest Fund Flows Index (FFI) from global funds transaction network Calastone. The new
