2017 marked the first time the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark has seen a full calendar year of positive monthly returns. Full-year performance of 11.41 per cent for the industry – the highest level since 2013 – has improved investor
Total net assets of UCITS and AIFs increased by 1.7 per cent to EUR16,030 billion in February, according to The European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) latest Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet. Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director for Economics and Research
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index increased to 102.1 in January, up 6.4 points from December’s revised reading of 95.7. Investors across all regions showed an improved appetite for risk, with the European ICI rising by 16.0 points to
Brooks Macdonald Group’s Discretionary Funds under Management (FUM) for the third quarter ended 31 March 2019 totalled GBP12.8 billion, an increase of 7.9 per cent over the quarter (31 December 2018: GBP11.9 billion). By comparison, the MSCI WMA Balanced Index
Net sales of UCITS and AIF totalled EUR68 billion in November 2017, down from EUR84 billion in October, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) latest Investment Funds Industry Fact Sheet. UCITS registered net sales of EUR59 billion in the month, down
Persistent trends across asset classes have continued to fuel CTA returns over recent weeks, writes Lyxor in the latest Weekly Brief from its Cross Asset Research team. According to several benchmarks of performance, January is on track to see them
Despite a strong start to the year, which saw Q1 2019 average hedge fund performance hit +5.34 per cent, investors continued to pull money from the sector, redeeming an estimated USD13.69 billion in March, according to the March 2019 eVestment
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2019 measured 2.51 per cent, down from 3.49 per cent in March. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2019 of 2.51 per cent reflects a lower level of redemption notices compared with
Hedge fund flows turned positive in February, as a January stock market rebound, hopeful signs in US-China trade talks and indications of a pause in US interest rate hikes spurred investors to reverse a five-month trend of net redemptions. The
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.60 per cent in March, outperforming the -0.17 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
