Hedge fund investors seemed pretty happy overall with hedge fund performance during Q1 2018, as managers took advantage of the increased market volatility, and the opportunities that created, for many to outperform. Performance became more difficult overall during Q2 and
Low beta strategies outperformed in the hedge fund space last week. Merger arbitrage, which structurally has a low beta versus equity markets, was the sole strategy in positive territory, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.17 per cent in August, underperforming the 0.45 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Hedge funds gained 0.42 per cent in August according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 3.26 per cent increase in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Hedge Fund
Overall industry hedge fund performance came in at +0.04 per cent in August, bringing year to date (YTD) 2018 industry performance to +1.10 per cent, according to data released by eVestment. Among primary strategies, event driven-activist funds were among the
In the hedge fund space in August, CTAs outperformed and delivered positive returns in the range of 2-3 per cent depending on the benchmark, according to Lyxor’s latest Hedge Fund Brief. Their long exposures to bonds and equities were both
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index August 2018 measured 0.71 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index meanwhile declined 0.02 per cent in September. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index for September
Hedge funds are up 0.45 per cent for the year, their weakest performance on record since 2011 when they declined 0.40 per cent in the eight months through to August, according to the September 2018 Eurekahedge Report. Almost 46 per
Outflows from the hedge fund industry slowed substantially in July amid mixed signals on trade and the global economy, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator. Hedge fund industry assets rose to an all-time high of USD3.1 trillion in July.
Global hedge fund asset flows were just slightly positive in August 2018, with USD4.74 billion added to the USD3.3 trillion-plus industry, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Industry’s Asset Flows Report. Year to date (YTD) net flows to the industry
