
Hedge funds see second consecutive month of negative returns
The global hedge fund business had an aggregate return of -0.17 per cent in February, according to eVestment’s February 2022 hedge fund performance data.

The global hedge fund business had an aggregate return of -0.17 per cent in February, according to eVestment’s February 2022 hedge fund performance data.
French systematic long/short equity hedge fund Quantology Capital Management’s flagship fund was up +4.0 per cent in February, while the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 were down -4.6 per cent and -3.0 per cent, respectively over the month. An investor
A decision to increase bets on Russian stocks just prior to the country’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine resulted in big losses for a BlackRock hedge fund, according to reports by Bloomberg and BusinessInsider. The investment firm’s Emerging Frontiers Fund dropped
Significant losses sustained in recent weeks have prompted Mew York hedge fund Arrant Global to close down operations, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The firm’s flagship long-short tech-focused equity strategy, which lost 8.5 per cent last
Brook Developed Markets Fund, a hedge fund at a unit of Odey Asset Management, has marked its Russian equity exposures down to “close to or at zero” after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report by Bloomberg. Manager
Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine and the ensuing market turmoil has hit Brook Asset Management – a division of Odey Asset Management – hard, with the hedge fund down 12.6 per cent over the past week, according to a report
Digital asset investment products saw inflows of USD127 million last week, an uptick to on the previous week, suggesting investors remain supportive of digital assets despite the recent geopolitical events, according to the latest digital assets fund flows weekly report
Brown Advisory, an independent and privately held global investment management firm that oversees more than USD139.3 billion in client assets and USD39.4 billion in sustainable assets, has unveiled its Sustainable International Leaders strategy. The strategy seeks to invest in an
Ben Melkman’s Light Sky macro hedge fund is to close according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The fund, which attracted investor interest from several other hedge fund managers including Steve A Cohen and Daniel Loeb, started trading
Investors pulled USD4.18 billion hedge funds in January, starting 2022 on a slight down note for the sector, according to the eVestment January 2022 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The outflows come on top of January 2022’s industry performance also